No more fireworks: Festivals fail to light up mobile phone sellers

New Delhi: Mobile phone sellers said they haven’t yet caught sight of the festive season cheer among shoppers, with sales of devices this month being about a quarter less than August last year.Although the sales of smartphones have been steadily increasing month-on-month since May, the gap with pre-Covid numbers has widened in the crucial high selling second half of the year, analysts said.According to smartphone trackers, sales this month have