1. China smartphone sales in last quarter reported 4% drop for the first time.
2. China is the largest smartphone market in the world, consuming 30% of the world's phone sales in last quarter.
3. Market predicted that the smartphone market in China has reached saturation.There are fewer first time buyer in China and most of the people are merely replacing their old phones, said Anshul Gupta, research director at Gartner.
4. Globally, the sales of smartphones still reported a positive growth of 13.5%, even though it represents the slowest growth throughout the years.
5. Apple saw increase in their market shares compared to the same period last year while Samsung market share was slashed by 4.3%.
6. While many semi conductor related company are still actively spending money into capacity expansion, by the time the new production facility is ready to run, will the demand catch up with the increase in supply, or will it cause another oversupply issue in the technology sector?
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