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Smartphone sales are so bad even the holidays couldn’t help, says IDC
- senttoschool 4y agoThere was a huge upgrade cycle during covid because people had ample savings and nothing else to spend money on. That pulled forward a lot of sales. Plus, most people already have smartphones and there is diminishing return on upgrading. It should probably normalize a bit in 2024. I doubt the iPhone will have record sales again until a really good foldable iPhone comes out that wows everyone and it's genuinely more practical than non-foldable iPhones.
- pkrotich 4y agoI really think it’s because of batterygate- batteries trotting is not a thing anymore, perhaps