Linked by David Adams on Sat 30th Aug 2008 16:47 UTC
Consumers increasingly want more sophisticated handsets, and smartphone sales are expected to grow 52% this year compared to last year, according to Gartner. Overall, 190 million units will be sold this year, accounting for about 15% of the total handset market. In 2012, Gartner predicts, smartphone sales will reach over 700 million units, accounting for 65% of all handset sales. This will represent nearly $200 billion, Gartner said.
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2006-01-12
You make good point. Biggest reason for smartphone demand might be pure fact that you can't buy simple standard phone in future(or they are just ugly kid models). All companies are pushing more advanced features on phones yet most people don't use them(http://blogs.computerworld.com/people_over_30_hate_cell_phones). Also smartphone definition is changing all time, I really hate that term.