Computer hardware spending contracted 2015-2017, with peso depreciation the main negative factor in 2015, but it was increasingly the cannibalisation of PC use cases by smartphones that was responsible for weak performance. Audio-visual spending growth resumed in 2017, supported by flat-panel TV set upgrades and replacements, as well as the positive trend for smartphone complimentary audio devices. After a slowdown in the smartphone boom in 2015 and 2016 as a result of challenging economic conditions the trend rebounded strongly in 2017 through upgrades and an extension of ownership to new users.

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