Several months ago that smartphones manufacturers are reporting fewer sales than in previous years. In the case of Apple and the iPhone, 2016 has been the first year in which have seen the Apple smartphone sales did not improve the records of previous years, but this is something nearly all companies who are suffering. For this reason it has made me grace when I read that Gartner “predicts” that the boom of smartphones comes to an end.
According to the latest study from Gartner, smartphones sales growth will fall to half of sales from 2015. The reason, according to the company which carried out the study, is that all that we can afford a smartphone already have one. The problem will still be higher for phones of high range, like the iPhone, because the mid-range phones are every day more competitive. Among the companies that will benefit most from this trend are Huawei and Xiaomi, who sold some devices almost at cost price.
Been smartphones bubble popped?
Another problem of what is already happening (and why this “analysis of future” to laugh) and he also speaks Gartner is that the crisis affects all of us. The wisest when economy not with us is to use a device until it ceases to function, especially if we’ve paid 800 – €900 for him. In this way, why should we renew this year a 6s iPhone camera 12Mpx, 3D Touch and A9 processor?
Gartner also blamed the manufacturer of what is going on because they say that they are not innovating enough. And is that to give a couple of examples, the 3D Touch is fine, but does almost nothing that we can not do in any other smartphone losing a few more seconds, or the curved edges of the Samsung Edge do nothing that they could not include in the edges of a flat screen if they wanted to.
Gartner also believes that the next most important market is the India, something that seems to have clear Tim Cook and his team, since who have recently traveled to the Indian country.
In any case, that sales of smartphones are falling and will do so even more is good news. This will force the manufacturers to try to call more attention and that is something that is achieved with innovative products or, failing that, by lowering the prices of the devices. My question is: what preferiríais: best devices to the same price or less than a lower price updates?
