Local smartphone sales fell 7.6% year-on-year to 4.7 million units in the third quarter, in line with a crucial drop in the global market, pressured by economic woes and concerns about the next wave of the pandemic, says global research and advisory firm Gartner.
In the same quarter last year, smartphone sales in Thailand booked 5 million units.
At the global level, third-quarter smartphone sales plunged 5.7% year-on-year to 366 million units.
Global smartphone sales remained weaker compared with the same time period in 2019, even with vendors introducing multiple 5G smartphones and governments relaxing measures in the wake of the pandemic, Gartner indicates.
“Consumers are limiting their discretionary spend even…
