Smartphone Sales Continue to Impress, Despite Slow Economy

4:31 pm on November 6, 2009 | Category: Business, Mobile Devices, Cell Phones, PDAs

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Global smartphone sales continued to increase this summer despite the global economic slowdown, according to new figures from the market research firm IDC.

A total of 43.3 million smartphones were shipped worldwide during the third quarter of 2009, up 3.2% from the second quarter, and 4.2% from the corresponding period a year earlier.

“Demand for converged mobile devices has remained strong all year,” commented IDC senior research analyst, Ramon Llamas. “These devices provide more utility and entertainment than traditional mobile phones. Moreover, users have plenty of devices from which to choose, whether it be a multimedia powerhouse, a messaging machine, or a social networking tool.”

Llamas predicted that “as users expect greater functionality from their devices beyond telephony … the converged mobile device market to grow faster than the overall mobile phone market.”

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    1. Economiv hardships will catch up as American bailout moneys run out causing worldwide Depression starting Christmas 2009 as key economic indicators drop sharply. In the smartphone sector, iPhone is the sole ‘General Purpose Smartphone’ in the industry. A General Purpose Smartphone is defined as a mobile handset with an active support of 100000 apps specifically created to execute for that particular mobile handset. Apple is the only mobile handset with that distinction. There is no way to define a ‘Smartphone’ otherwise, all other definitions are wrong. iPhone sales will reach 70% or more of worldwide mobile handset shipments by year 2011, largely at the expense of Research in Motion and Nokia. The moniker ‘Smartphone’ will give way to the simple name ‘iPhone’ which will be in use internationally in all the international languages supported by iPhone, just like the simple names ‘PC’, or Mac.
      The number of apps for iPhone could reach a million by year 2011. Daily iPhone downloads could reach 1 billion per month worldwide. The world has always been looking for a silver bullet in solving all their problems. iPhone seems to be the closest thing to being a silver bullet.

      Comment by James — November 7, 2009 #

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