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Title: Thinking about buying a used smartphone? You're not alone Post by: HCK on February 19, 2015, 09:00:18 am Thinking about buying a used smartphone? You're not alone
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Buying refurbished smartphones will become increasingly popular in the next couple of years, with consumers benefiting from increased competition.</p><p>That more consumers are considering getting a refurbished smartphone isn’t a surprise. With product innovation slowing down, smartphones that are a generation or two old look increasingly attractive compared to their new counterparts.</p><p>This will help the worldwide market for refurbished phones that are sold to end users more than double from 56 million units last year to 120 million in 2017, according to market research company Gartner. That’s much more impressive than the anticipated 60 percent growth in sales of new smartphones in the same time period.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2885732/thinking-about-buying-a-refurbished-smartphone-youre-not-alone.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Thinking about buying a used smartphone? You're not alone (http://www.macworld.com/article/2885732/thinking-about-buying-a-refurbished-smartphone-youre-not-alone.html#tk.rss_all) |