Mobile handset sales to touch 270mn units in 2020: Report

Gurugram: Total mobile handset sales are expected to touch 270 million units in 2020, which is a 2 per cent dip than the sales figures of 2019, primarily due to the falling sales of feature phones, a new report said on Tuesday.

According to techARC’s key trends report for smartphones in India for the year 2020, smartphones will register a growth of 13.8 per cent in sales compared to 2019 while feature phones and smart feature phones sales are estimated to decline at 13 per cent and 34 per cent, respectively.

“It will be a business as usual year for the mobile industry with the sales driven by replacement and upgrade opportunities. Having that said, 5G and foldable smartphones will excite the entire value chain including the end users in 2020,” Faisal Kawoosa, Founder and Chief Analyst, techARC, said in a statement.