Disqus
A recent study of some 1000 mobile phone owners revealed that consumers spend on average $60 on accessories over the lifetime of their phone, primarily spent on chargers, but cases, batteries and memory cards were also popular choices. Predictably, the younger, sub-40 crowd was more prone to pick up accessories at the time of handset purchase. The bottom line is that $63 billion is a honkload of money. I mean, the handset industry itself was worth $190 billion in 2008, but the mere fact that little rubber skins and simple semiconductors can earn a third of some of the world’s most advanced tech is pretty damned impressive.
[via ABI]
About The Author
Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
