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Ever since Apple introduced the iPhone, everyone and their mama went wanted a touchscreen-equipped handset. Last year, 75% of all smartphones had a touchscreen, up from only 7% in 2006. As you can imagine, this is just a start and by 2016, 97% of all smartphones will have a touchscreen, according to ABI Research.
Unsurprisingly, ABI contributes the evolution of screen and touch technologies for this growth. The more economical resistive touch technology has been almost universally replaced in smartphones with the more elegant projected capacitive technology. However, the progress hasn’t stopped with that — today’s low-cost capacitive touch controllers use just a single layer of sensors instead of two, and save as much as 30% on the cost. As a result, even the cheaper feature phones now have capacitive touchscreens…
And that’s about all ABI had to say in its press release. Those looking to go into details will have to grab the full report from the research company’s website.
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
