{"id":265,"date":"2018-11-10T04:18:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T04:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.current.com.au\/?p=265"},"modified":"2022-01-26T08:10:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T08:10:28","slug":"as-more-people-use-smartphones-prices-decrease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.current.com.au\/as-more-people-use-smartphones-prices-decrease\/","title":{"rendered":"As More People Use Smartphones Prices Decrease"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Major companies like Apple and Blackberry are making smartphone sales go through the roof. However, as sales increase the average price of these advanced handsets are falling.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Prices were slashed in 3rd quarter of 2009. 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