Published: 29 September 2015
ID: G00291431
Analyst(s): Tracy Tsai , Lillian Tay, Ranjit Atwal , Tuong Nguyen , Annette Jump , Bruno Lakehal , Roberta Cozza , William Lutman, Annette Zimmermann , CK Lu
Consumers are suffering from increased device replacement indecision, as new devices attract even fewer users due to the declining differentiation of products. Headwinds caused currency devaluation and economic issues caused device volume growth to turn negative in 2015, but will recover in 2016.
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