Smartphones still sliding but upsurge in sight

The global smartphone market continued to decline in the second quarter of the year, according to new data, but analysts are optimistic that it may soon turn a corner.
Shipments fell by 11% year-on-year in the three months to the end of June, Canalys estimates. We’re still talking not far off a quarter of a billion devices being sold into the channel during the quarter (see chart), but this is the sixth quarter in a row in which growth has been negative, according to the analyst firm&rsquo