The smartphone market in Europe saw two major trends in 2018 – Chinese makers take control a third of the market and flagships stumbled. The info comes from the analysts at Canalys, which detailed the issues facing the market.
Western Europe is the biggest sub-region where 128 million units were shipped out of the 197 million total. The European market as a whole is down 4% year over year, but the West in particular saw the lowest shipments since 2013.
The blame for this falls on the rising prices of flagships – the UK, Germany and the Nordics, the countries with the highest Average…
