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<p><a href="
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">2015 was a tremendous year for Apple and the iPhone as shipments hit a new record of 231.5 million for growth of 20.2% over 2014, which was nearly double that of the overall smartphone market. More importantly, Apple was able to grow its ASP from $663 in 2014 to $713 in 2015.</span></p>
<p>Things get tougher this year, it suggests, forecasting flat sales for the year (or a drop of 0.1% if we wanted to pretend that forecasts could ever be that accurate) …</p>
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http://9to5mac.com/2016/03/04/idc-iphone-2016-2017/#more-421738" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p>
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