Western European smartphone market nosedives – Canalys

Market researcher Canalys has published its Q1 2018 smartphone numbers for Europe and they indicate a severe contraction in its richest markets.
Overall European smartphone shipments fell 6.3% year-on-year according to Canalys’ research, but it was very much a game of two halves, with Eastern Europe growing by 12.3%, driven largely by Russia, while Western Europe fell off a cliff, down 13.9% annually. The overall drop for the continent was the biggest ever for a single quarter.
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