Last year, on an average, 3.5 million smartphones were sold every day. According to IDC, over 148,000 smartphones were sold every hour; for a total of 1.3 billion handsets sold over the year.
[Infographics courtesy: CTIA]
3.5M Smartphones Sold Every Day In 2014
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