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...in the USA. That fact isn't mentioned anywhere in the article. You have to go to their source at neilson.com to find out that the market share they are refer
by cryptoz 15y ago
...in the USA. That fact isn't mentioned anywhere in the article. You have to go to their source at neilson.com to find out that the market share they are referring to is confined to 4.5% of the world population.
So, these are USA numbers only. I wonder what the broader picture looks like?
- guelo 15y agoTo be fair, although USA might be 4.5% of the world population they account for the largest amount of smartphone sales of any country with about a third of all smartphones worldwide being sold in the U.S.
- untog 15y agoOh, sure. But future growth at this point depends on getting non-smartphone users to upgrade- within the US, but probably more outside of it. That may well mean lower cost devices and PAYG phones- something that Android does and that (judging by what they've been saying recently) Windows Phone is going to be getting into. Apple doesn't really seem too interested. I know they sell the 3GS for cheap these days, but it is old technology- compare the specs against something like the Nokia Lumia 710 (a decidedly entry-level device).
- ZeroGravitas 15y agoLatest global figures are all for Q3, the Q4 ones will be out in a month: http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1848514 http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1848514