India brightest spot for smartphone business in 2016: Gartner

India will be the brightest spot globally for smartphone companies in 2016 when sales of such devices are forecast to grow at 29%, while the global growth is estimated to be tepid at about 7% to 1.9 billion units, technology research firm Gartner said on Thursday.
“The double-digit growth era for the global smartphone market has come to an end,” said Ranjit Atwal, research director at Gartner. “Historically, worsening economic conditions had negligible impact on smartphone