Feature phones made comeback africa smartphone growth slowed last year

iTel Leads the Africa Mobile Phone market, as Feature Phones ... » Dec 29, 2016 ...While the growth potential is enormous, the continent still suffers from a volatile macroeconomic climate, modest per capita income and unstable political conditions in some countries which slowed down the growth in last couple of years.” Counterpoint Research Analyst Karn Chauhan, added, “As a result... Counterpointresearch.com

Samsung, Tecno and Huawei led in Africa's smartphone sales in 2016 » Mar 29, 2017 ...After a decade of strong growth, the expected crossover of smartphones finally overtaking feature phone usage in Africa did not happen last year. In fact, feature phones had a bit of a surge. Smartphone shipments to the continent grew by only 3.4% year on year—a sharp slump compared to double-digit... Qz.com

Samsung gets smarter with phones strategy » Jul 11, 2016 ...“But Samsung has made a surprising comeback, defying the consensus that smartphones were getting commoditised. ...pursuing a different Apple-like smartphone strategy, streamlining its product offerings, just as Apple is grappling with slowing sales and widening its range of products in search of growth. Ft.com

4G 'dumb' phones are set to grow 5,000% this year » Mar 22, 2017 ...Counterpoint says that more than 400 million feature phones were sold globally in 2016, whereas smartphone growth slowed to 3 percent year on year. According to Counterpoint, there are 1.3 billion feature phone users globally, mostly from emerging markets in Asia and Africa. The polarization of... Cnbc.com

Feature Phones Still Rule In Africa, As Smartphone Sales Slow » Mar 28, 2017 ...Feature phones have been a key driver in Africa being a mobile-first continent, and continue to outsell smartphones, which last year saw a slow down in ...The reduction in smartphone sales "represents a considerable deceleration from the double-digit growth rates seen in the previous two years, with... Forbes.com

Micromax: Battered by aggressive Chinese rivals, Micromax is trying ... » Jun 11, 2017 ...In terms of the overall market share (smartphones plus feature phones), Micromax has been pipped by a little-known Chinese player Itel. ...in skirmishes over the last year or so, the Indians were finally confronted with the full might of the belligerent Chinese forces that had made deep inroads during the... Economictimes.indiatimes.com

It's Official: The Smartphone Market Has Gone Flat | WIRED » Apr 27, 2016 ...The smartphone market has gone flat. Worldwide, smartphone makers shipped 334.9 million handsets in the first quarter of 2016, according to market research firm IDC. That marks a measly 0.2 percent increase over the same period last year, the smallest year-over-year growth ever recorded. This means... Wired.com

The great innovation debate - Growth » Jan 12, 2013 ...We have smartphones and supercomputers, big data and nanotechnologies, gene therapy and stem-cell transplants. Governments, universities and firms together spend around $1.4 trillion a year on R&D, more than ever before. Yet nobody recently has come up with an invention half as useful as that... Economist.com

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Philippe Franiatte on Twitter: "Feature phones made a comeback in ... » Mar 30, 2017 ...On the African growth roller coaster ride. Paris, Ile-de-France · linkedin.com/in/ philippefra… Joined January 2013 ....request to @PFraniatte. More. Copy link to Tweet; Embed Tweet. Feature phones made a comeback in Africa as smartphone growth slowed last year https://qz.com/944538 via @qzafrica... Twitter.com