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An interesting report from the BBC this morning suggests that smartphone sales will decline worldwide except in developing nations over the coming 12 months.

Well, duh. It's been known for a while at least in the UK that there are now actually more handsets than there are people.

And as the functions on those handsets become more sophisticated yes, there will be many more people happy with what they've got.

Be honest - how many of the functions on your phone do you actually use? So sales will come down. That matters less in the UK than elsewhere because we have this system of subsidised...

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