Impact of smartphone in international business

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With the revolution of modern technologies especially in smartphone these days changes the growth in communication devices market. The levels of competitions are rising up both locally and internationally. This competition affects not only in innovation and production, but also in marketing and the demographic markets. Not only U.S, but other countries such as Korea and China are opening up and growing in economy, making them some of the most active in smartphone market.
There are 3 countries on the top of smartphone market share, U.S, Korea, and China. Korean’s smartphone company domination in worldwide triggers the U.S and Chinese company to widen their market in smartphone. This affects business in international such as economy growth, international trading, technology advancement, etc. In China, smarphone company like Oppo, Lenovo, Xiaomi, start to rise and compete in the smartphone market worldwide.
Within the rise of China’s smartphone sales worldwide, now China has a bigger impact in every aspect in international business, so they begin to dominate international tr...

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