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5G to Be 54% of Smartphones by 2022: IDC

Global smartphone shipments rose in recent quarters though “the supply chain situation hasn't drastically improved,” reported IDC. It forecast 7.4% growth to 1.37 billion in 2021 and 3.4% growth in 2022. Those were slight downgrades from a May 26 forecast.…

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Monday, IDC attributed this year’s anticipated increase to “healthy 13.8% growth from iOS devices combined with 6.2% growth from Android.” U.S importers sourced 89.23 million smartphones from all countries in 2021's first half, up 17% from the 2020 period and down 9.7% from 2019's first six months, per Census Bureau data we accessed through the International Trade Commission.