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Smartphone sales to end users fell globally by 20.2% in the first quarter of 2020 year-on-year, the technology research firm Gartner says, attributing this decline to both the lockdown and the economic uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Global smartphone shipments have fallen below 300 million units for the first time in a quarter, falling 13% year-on-year during the first quarter of 2020, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says, adding that this is the first time since 1Q 2014 that the number of units shipped has fallen below this figure.

Smartphone sales in China during the first quarter of 2020 fell by 22% year-on-year, the biggest decline experienced by the country so far, but sales of 5G smartphones rose by 120%, the analyst firm Counterpoint Research says.