The severe drop-off in global smartphone shipments from February 2019 to February 2020 gave some indication as to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The volume of shipments fell 38 percent year-on-year. This, according to the source, is the largest fall in the history of the global smartphone market.
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Global smartphone shipments in February 2019 and February 2020
(in millions of units)
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Business Wire. (March 20, 2020). Global smartphone shipments in February 2019 and February 2020 (in millions of units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106603/global-smartphone-shipments-coronavirus-covid-19/
Business Wire. "Global smartphone shipments in February 2019 and February 2020 (in millions of units)." Chart. March 20, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106603/global-smartphone-shipments-coronavirus-covid-19/
Business Wire. (2020). Global smartphone shipments in February 2019 and February 2020 (in millions of units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106603/global-smartphone-shipments-coronavirus-covid-19/
Business Wire. "Global Smartphone Shipments in February 2019 and February 2020 (in Millions of Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106603/global-smartphone-shipments-coronavirus-covid-19/
Business Wire, Global smartphone shipments in February 2019 and February 2020 (in millions of units) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106603/global-smartphone-shipments-coronavirus-covid-19/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Global smartphone shipments in February 2019 and February 2020 (in millions of units) [Graph], Business Wire, March 20, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106603/global-smartphone-shipments-coronavirus-covid-19/
