IDC: iPhone holds most of its value and market share to 2018As sales growth slows and prices fall, Apple is expected to keep skimming the cream.
<p>FORTUNE -- The heyday of smartphone sales is over, according to an IDC report issued this week.</p>
<p>The U.S.-based market research firm expects growth in worldwide smartphone shipments, which approached 40% last year, to slow to less than 20% in 2014 and then within a few years to shrink to single digits: 8.3% in 2017 and 6.2%
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IDC: iPhone holds most of its value and market share to 2018
