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Which was the most boring product of 2018? It might be in your pocket

So if you're hanging out for some action in the smartphone market, go take a nap. We'll wake you up next year

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Customer stickiness is a casualty as brands lose their distinctive identities in the price-feature war that has engulfed the smartphone market

Tim Culpan | Bloomberg
Get comfy, this year’s smartphone market is about to get quite yawn-worthy.

Over the past decade, we’ve seen phones get larger, faster, sharper, crisper and curved. They even put cameras on the front! 

Consumers have been blessed by the array of choices available in the market. But now the pace of innovation is slowing, and that could hurt investors.

In China alone, an average of two new models were released each day last year for a total of 764. In 2017, that figure hit 1,054, according to the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. 

The saving grace for smartphone makers these past few

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