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Gartner predicts iPhone X will boost smartphone sales return to growth in 2018

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/iphone-x-pic.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500)</div><p><a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/gartner/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gartner[/url] is forecasting that worldwide smartphone sales will return to growth in 2018, with the <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/iphone-x/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">iPhone X[/url] a key factor in the U.S., China and Europe.</p>

<p>Mobile phone sales are expected to return to year-over-year growth in 2018, with shipments totaling 1.9 billion units. Smartphones will represent 86 percent of total mobile phone shipments in 2018, up 6 percent from 2017.</p>
<p>We expect Apple’s iPhone X to be the sales driver in North America, China and Western Europe, despite its high price. “Given the late November availability of the iPhone X, we expect the iPhone’s replacement cycle to flow more strongly into 2018,” said Roberta Cozza, research director at Gartner …</p>

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