As smartphone sales growth slows, all that matters is iOS and Android
Aug20
Gartner’s smartphone sales report for Q2 2014 is out and it paints a bleak picture for smartphone sales in the future. Growth hasn’t been this slow since Q2 2013 — the year the iPhone 5s was released — when 225 million smartphones were sold, surpassing sales of feature phones for the first time. This time around, sales grew just 13.5 percent over last year. What’s more interesting is that 96.8 percent of smartphone sales are now made up by iOS and Android devices, leaving just 3.2 percent for others like Windows Phone, BlackBerry and Firefox OS. Notably, China is driving the majority of smartphone sales…
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