CORONAVIRUS ‘SEVERELY’ AFFECTING CHINA SMARTPHONE MARKET

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“In our previous release, Canalys forecast a 7% decline in smartphone shipments betweenQ4 2019 and Q1 2020, and an 8% fall for PCs. But given currently available information, weare dramatically revising our forecasts to a 40% to 50% drop for smartphones and 20% forPCs,” Canalys said on Monday.But Canalys says the forecast scenario “might deteriorate or improve rapidly” as moreinformation becomes available - adding that its analysts have been in “constant discussionwith the supply chain and vendors in China on the developments and impact of thecoronavirus since the beginning of the outbreak”.