Holy Smartphones Batman: Smartphone Sales to Reach 300 Million by 2013
By James Falconer on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 at 10:00 AM PST In Research
According to the folks over at Juniper research, annual sales of smartphone devices will rise by 95% to over 300 million between 2008 and 2013. As smartphones become more and more mainstream, software and applications are no doubt drawing in new users that are adopting smartphones at a much earlier age. Facebook, Twitter, and all sorts of other social apps are hugely popular, especially on smartphone devices like the iPhone 3G and the BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Bold. The newer devices on the market today are fast becoming personal ‘lifestyle’ devices where people can store, share and document (audio, video, etc…) their life on-the-go, all from their handset. ‘Dumb’-phones look out, there will still be a place for you, but the smartphone is set to rule with an iron fist in the years to come.
Author of the report Andrew Kitson noted:
“The process of evolving handsets into Internet-centric, highly personalised mobile computers is well underway. Changes in the design and form of mobile devices, such as the inclusion of large touch-based displays, have been taken to their limits. Looking ahead, the shape and form of next-generation devices will most likely be led by software and content, rather than hardware, as vendors such as Nokia (NYSE: NOK) strive to make their devices highly personalised and rooted firmly in the online environment.”
By the year 2013, 23% of all new handsets will be smartphones. This is up from 13% in 2008.
[Via: DigiTimes]
