WASHINGTON, D.C.: A slowdown in smartphone sales in China is cooling the global market for the devices, research firm IDC said on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).

The market tracker said global smartphone sales will see a rise of 11.3 percent in 2015, following robust growth in 2014 of 27.6 percent.

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