Rarely Quarterly Apple report avoided a discussion of the phenomenon of the growing iPhone popularity - a product that provides a significant part of the company revenue. In the segment of Android-smartphone growth rate in sales volumes slowed down considerably with respect to previous years. Market surveillance of electronic components shared experts Deutsche Bank, which this week was attended by around 30 companies in Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. All the objects of study are somehow involved in the supply of components for various electronic devices.
The trip allowed the study authors understood that the volume of purchases of certain components decreased by 15-20% compared to the same period last year. In fact, the positive dynamics retain only those components that are used in the automotive industry and in the assembly iPhone. Tablets, TVs, and many Android-based phone showing a decrease in demand for the parts needed for their production. Among the Chinese manufacturers smartphones stand out Huawei and Xiaomi, others do not show a positive trend.
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