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• Global smartphone market to rebound in 2021 as if 'nothing ever happened'

  The global smartphone market's latest surge shows signs of a market moving past COVID-19 in 2021, even with the market's overall decline last year.

• COVID-19 ‘wreaked havoc’ on smartphone market

  Global smartphone shipments have plunged in the first three months of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

• New Zealand smartphone sales defy global trends

  Smartphone sales in New Zealand rose over the fourth quarter by 10 per cent year-on-year, while global sales fell by 0.4 per cent.

• Global smartphone shipments on the rise

  Research firm Canalys has found global smartphone shipments grew 1 per cent in Q3 of 2019, reversing two years of declines.

• Smartphone market fights off decline to post modest Q3 growth

  Huawei and Xiaomi have helped drive global smartphone sales preventing the industry as whole from declining in the third quarter of 2018.

• PB Tech reveals weekend bargains ahead of Xiaomi store opening

  Xiaomi will officially launch in New Zealand on 10 November, through a dedicated Mi Store in Auckland's Sylvia Park shopping centre.

• Samsung dominates global smartphone market

  ​Samsung has taken the top billing in the global smartphone stakes for the three months ending September, beating out Apple in the process.

• Apple looks over its smartphone shoulder as Huawei sales surge

  “Usually the conversation in the smartphone market revolves around Samsung and Apple, but…”

• ​Apple challenged by China as wearable market soars

  “China has quickly emerged as the fastest-growing wearables market, attracting companies eager to compete on price and feature sets."

• Consumers win as Android vendors struggle

  Staff cuts at Lenovo and HTC, a failed patch from Google, and Samsung's latest flagship smartphones all highlight how tricky selling Android smartphones has become.

• Chinese vendors triple smartphone share in India

  Chinese vendors tripled shipments year-on-year in the second quarter in the Indian market, indicating that low-cost vendors are posing a challenge to global players like Apple in a very price-sensitive market.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, August 4

  Google's started a car company...Samsung puts $85 million into cancer-victim fund...Apple explores offering phone service...and more tech news.

• Apple falls to third in China smartphone rankings, while Xiaomi vaults ahead

  Xiaomi regained its position as China's leading smartphone vendor in the second quarter, while Apple fell to third place despite increased sales of its iPhones.

• Gap between winners and losers grows larger as smartphone shipments reach 338 million

  Galaxy S6 revives Samsung’s smartphone revenues but does not boost volumes.

• Market diversifies as affordable handsets boost smartphone sales

  “The overall growth of the smartphone market was not only driven by the success of premium flagship devices from Samsung, Apple, and others..."