Worst not yet over for Android phones, top analyst says
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The smartphone market has seen considerable weakness in recent weeks and a top analyst believes that there may be more pain to come for devices powered by Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Android operating system.
TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo tweeted on Tuesday that WIN Semiconductors, the world's largest gallium arsenide foundry, said it is being conservative for the second-half of the year, "mainly due to weak demand for Android."

Kuo added that other component suppliers, including adapters and the camera supply chain, have had a "similar view" and expect inventory corrections to continue until the fourth quarter.
As such, even if order cuts slowed down from June to July for Android (GOOG) (GOOGL) devices and smartphone shipments in the Chinese market grew 9% year-over-year, "it is still not enough to prove that the worst is over for Android phones," Kuo explained.
Google's parent company Alphabet (GOOG) (GOOGL) is slated to report second-quarter results after the close of trading today.