For the latest version of its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report, market research firm IDC has gazed into its crystal ball and made some interesting predictions about the worldwide mobile phone market. Overall, it expects mobile phones shipments to top 1.8 billion units this year, up slightly from the 1.7 billion shipped in 2011. By 2016, that figure will […]
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IDC: Smartphone shipments in 2015 to exceed 900 million units
Market research firm IDC has published the latest edition of its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. The report indicates that smartphone shipments show no sign of slowing down. Shipments will reach 472 million in 2011 (up 55% from 2010 when 305 million shipped) and will nearly double by 2015 to 982 million by 2015. Among the factors cited supporting this […]
IDC: The top five mobile operating systems in 2014
As part of its latest Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, IDC has gazed into its crystal ball to predict what the top five mobile operating systems will be in 2014. It sees a market that will comfortably support five operating systems: Worldwide Converged Mobile Device Operating System Market Shares and 2010-2014 Growth Operating System 2010 Market Share 2014 Market Share […]