Asia Pacific

Mobile phones experienced a notable rebound in 2024 amid the rebound in the economy and weaker inflationary pressures with consumer and vendor confidence rising. Inflation peaked at the start of 2023 but began to slow down towards the end of the…

Retail volume sales of mobile phones in Thailand will see a decline in 2024, albeit at a much slower rate than the previous year. The latter was due a worldwide shortage of semiconductor chips, which began prior to the pandemic and which had a…

Retail volume sales of mobile phones continued to decline in 2023. Households were reluctant to spend their hard-earned money on discretionary purchases, as fears over inflation and interest rate rises took their toll on consumer confidence.…

Following a two-year period of decline, the market for mobile phones in South Korea is expected to see positive growth in retail volume terms in 2024. This will be assisted by an expected fall in the annual rate of inflation, which will have a…

After the challenges faced in 2022 and 2023 due to the economic impact of the pandemic, mobile phones in Singapore is set to show signs of recovery in retail volume terms in 2024. With feature phones ceasing to have a notable presence in the country…