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01-27-2014, 06:17 PM
http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6E4bf4b5uKQy19P7L4UTwQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/smartphones-pile.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/apple-earnings-show-us-just-bad-things-now-221118537.html)HTC and BlackBerry each reported dismal Christmas-quarter results — but they’re both terminal losers. Nokia turned in a shocking sequential smartphone unit decline in Q4 — but that’s another vendor in trouble. We saw LG report a surprise loss in its mobile division — but that company-is also a bit wobbly. Smartphone behemoth Samsung-even delivered a sequential handset sales decline-last quarter… but, umm, maybe that was because Apple did so spectacularly well? Except Apple just missed the iPhone volume consensus by more than 6 million units for the Christmas quarter. No more excuses. There is no-slapping a happy face sticker on the global handset market; it has suddenly acquired the greenish pallor of a serious disease. This Christmas quarter was



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