2015: When affordable smartphones became flagships

This was the year in which sales across the world started favouring smartphones and the feature phones segments started shrinking. Represenational Image. (Source: Reuters)
It is that time of the year when you do a bit of stocktaking. In the world of technology, especially in a mobile-first market like India, the stocktaking is primarily about how the smartphone industry progressed. As far as progress goes, 2015 has been a path-breaking year, so intense that it is tough to remember where it star