Today were sizing up the state of the smartphone market for the first quarter of the year. Q1 guides are hard to write because we’re at the verge of a new generation of devices. If the holiday period was a bad time to buy a new smartphone, then Q1 might possibly be even worse. Nevertheless while people aiming to get the most longevity out of their smartphone purchase might be better off waiting a few more months, Q1 is also the period in which we’d see some great deals as vendors are trying to clear inventory of their last generation devices.