TOKYO/SEOUL -- Smartphone makers including Samsung Electronics have increasingly outsourced device development to maintain cost competitiveness, with these phones now making up more than a third of market.
Outsourced-developed smartphones accounted for 36% of global deliveries in the first half of the year, according to Hong Kong market research firm Counterpoint. The share is up 14 points from three years earlier.
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