This year's global smartphone market decline can only be slowed down by cheap 5G models

It's no longer a big secret that the coronavirus pandemic has hit both individual smartphone manufacturers like and and particularly hard from more than one standpoint. 

But while around the globe are up and running again, , and even in some of the world's worst-hit areas and cities, one lingering COVID-19 challenge for the smartphone market and other previously thriving businesses is undoubtedly the pandemic's "macroeconomic impact."

In layman's terms, that essentially means people are less likely to splash out on fancy new gadgets and other ...

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