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"The smartphone wars will be good news for consumers, but the fierce competition will inevitably place downward pressure on vendors' pricing and margins," he said. South Korean firms Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, the world's No. 2 and No. 3 handset vendors, are planning to sharply increase their very low smartphone sales, while new players like Huawei and Dell are strengthening their offerings. "An influx of new players, an oversupply of devices and aggressive pricing will strain profit margins," said CCS Insight analyst Geoff Blaber. HTC, the world's No. 4 smartphone brand, said last week it will be one of the first to suffer from increasing competition when it forecast a decline in gross profit margin in the first quarter of 2010. "Those with a tightly integrated device and service offering -- like Apple and RIM -- will be the winners in 2010," said CCS' Blaber. 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