Besides the sales slowdown, phone-makers are being hit by an increase in the price of components, with a recent report from TrendForce saying the displays used in budget smartphones could rise in price by as much as 50percentt by year's end.
The manufacturers are betting that the new capabilities will reverse a slowdown in phone sales.
The overall slowdown in phone sales has also meant something else.
(They included worse-than-expected sales in China, where price and feature competition is fierce; a global slowdown in phone sales as the market saturates; and weaker demand for its new, expensive models.
The slowdown in phone-equipment spending also hurt the Andrew Corporation, which fell $1.15, to $16.50.
(p1) Motorola has cut its profit estimates, leading to fears of a mobile phone slowdown.
The HTC 10 will also have the company's Boost+ app that promises to combat phone slowdown - a common criticism of smartphones over a year old - and keep the phone running as fast as when it was first switched on.
The company said its focus for the third quarter will be on increasing market share with its X class LED products to offset the forecast seasonal slowdown in mobile phone production.
If that presages a broad slowdown of Windows Phone sales, Microsoft's mobile momentum could stall, pushing that magical 10percentt market share figure further and further out into the future.
Marconi P.L.C. of Britain said it would eliminate 3,000 jobs, or 5.5percentt of its staff, as it faces a slowdown in demand for phone equipment.
Brian Long, above, the chief executive of Parthus, said that the company's wide range of intellectual property placed it in a strong position to ride out a possible slowdown in the cellular phone market.
