Global smartphone sales declined

According to datapublished on IDC’s website, 353.6 million smartphones were sold worldwide in the three months to the end of September, down just 1.3 percent from a year earlier. Analysts expected a much larger drop of 9 percent.

The compilers of the report pointed out that demand grew much faster than expected in emerging market countries such as India, which has the second largest smartphone market in the world. (MTI)