Smartphone shipments drop by 37 million units in February YoY due to COVID-19

Research firm Strategy Analytics released a report with the number of smartphone shipments for the month of February 2020, representing a sharp decline in the overall number of smartphones sold compared to February 2019. This February, global shipments reached 61.8 million units, representing a 38% drop YoY. February 2019 saw 99.2 million units shipped by comparison. The majority of smartphone production happens in China, and with the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, manufacturing in China slowed to a halt in January which disrupted supply chains to many industries around the...