Asia leads the smartphone market both in terms of production and sales as well. The region houses a significant number of smartphone makers such as Huawei Technologies Co.

China has been the go-to-market for any technology company. The primary vendor Huawei Technologies Co. Despite facing sanctions from the US government that are now entering their second year, Huawei has been able to mitigate impacts on its international business enough to compete with Samsung and finally claim the global top spot.

However, tensions between the Indian and Chinese governments have impacted India's smartphone market, even though many Chinese OEMs have invested significantly over the last 18 months to increase their production and customer service operations in the country.

Competitive Landscape The smartphones market is a rather competitive market dominated by established players such as Samsung, Huawei, Apple, Xiaomi, among others.

Has portable electronics reached its pinnacle, from both an industry and user perspective? The early popularity of these devices in the home suggests that the mobile handset is not the only way consumers want to access and control cloud-based services and hardware.

Flexible technology will also lend itself to head-mounted displays , an important emerging personal entertainment device.

Virtual reality is already a promising segment, and is the catalyst for a growing personal entertainment market using dedicated devices, moving away from smartphones, tablets and PCs.

While the smartwatch market has stalled, the longer-term opportunity for wrist-bound devices with a range of smartphone features remains an opportunity.

As new form factors come into the mix and push prices even higher, manufacturers will have to find ways of making their new wares attractive but also affordable, and greater specialization might be the answer.

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Interesting Statista reports. If smartphones get any larger, the 7. Stay in your lane, peasants! Netflix streaming, internet browsing and light gaming are far more visually appealing on a stupendous screen.

Despite being a detractor of dwarfish displays, the people have spoken and I must begrudgingly add phablets as a smartphone trend that must die.

Android smartphones trends have come so far especially for budget smartphones. Features only reserved for midrange and flagship devices are slowly trickling down to entry-level devices and price-conscious consumers are now not only spoilt for choice but also getting too much value for the devices they are paying for.

In terms of displays, we expect more punch hole displays either with a single or double cutout for single or double selfie cameras.