Smartphone sales in Europe during the first quarter of 2019 fell 3% year-on-year and 20% quarter-on-quarter, the analyst firm Counterpoint Research says, adding that there was a marginal increase in eastern Europe while Western Europe saw a 6% year-on-year drop.

Google has suspended some of its business with Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies in the wake of the US Government decision to put the Chinese company on a list which means it has to obtain permission in order to buy American components. Among other things, the move means Huawei has been cut off from access to future updates of Google's Android and Google Play Store.

India's smartphone shipments for the first quarter of 2019 grew by 7.1% year-on-year, the global market intelligence provider IDC says, adding that 32.1 million units were shipped despite a 6% drop in global shipments for the quarter.