Visitors check smartphones at the Thailand Mobile Expo that runs until Sunday at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. The postpaid market is expected to grow by 6.5% to 18 million subscribers in 2017, up from 16.9 million last year. The local smartphone market is saturated with sales of 60 million smartphones. Smartphone sales in Thailand are expected to reach 16-18 million units per year driven mainly by replacement demand, she said. The return of the Nokia brand, acquired by HMD Global, to Thailand's crowded smartphone market has also attracted lots of interested consumers at the event.

Source: Bangkok Post May 19, 2017 00:11 UTC