Apple's iPhone Market Share Rose Despite A Downturn In Smartphone Shipments

On the other hand, Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo had a terrible Q3.

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With no end in sight to the memory crunch, the smartphone market has fallen to a low not seen in more than a decade. According to market analysis firm Counterpoint Research, this past summer shipments of new smartphones declined by 20 percent year-over-year to their lowest Q3 level since 2012. The firm says "relentless" increases in DRAM and NAND pricing led to "sharply inflated" material costs, further…