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Except income is no longer bimodal. It was back in the 70s, but now there's just a single peak. See:

https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2013/12/Global-inequality...

However, growth in income is bimodal:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Global_changes_in_re...

Could that affect the phone market indirectly, by consumer confidence? It's possible, but it's not nearly as clear-cut as human height.




Also account for wealth (we don't make the distinction between income and wealth much in my here parts).




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