Global mobile statistics 2013 Home: all the latest stats on mobile Web, apps, marketing, advertising, subscribers, and trends... Says Asia/Pacific Led Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales to Growth in First Quarter of 2013. STAMFORD, Conn., May 14, 2013 View All Press Releases Sales of Mobile Phones in All Regions Except Asia/Pacific Declined in the First Quarter of 2013 Slowdown in Feature Phone Upgrade Cycle Could Strain Mobile Phone Market in 2013 Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totaled nearly 426 million units in the first quarter of 2013, a slight increase of 0.7 percent from the same period last year, according to Gartner, Inc.
Worldwide smartphone sales totaled 210 million units in the first quarter of 2013, up 42.9 percent from the first quarter of 2012. The Asia/Pacific region was the only region to show growth in mobile phone sales this quarter, with a 6.4 percent increase year-on-year. The Death of Feature Phones? Sony recently announced that it was paying over 1.05 billion euros to buy out Ericsson, it’s partner in the mobile phone sector.
They also commented that this acquisition would bring a change in direction for the company as they phase out feature phones and concentrate solely on producing new smartphones. Techi.com claims: “Sony has unofficially declared the death of feature phones…It’s a trend that is likely to continue to hit other manufacturers.” Meanwhile, Nokia has just released the Asha range – A new lineup of feature phones targeted at the emerging markets. Opera mobile hits 200 million users. Developers focus on the iPhone too much. Why You Must Never Forget About the Humble Feature Phone in Africa. Jonathan Hoehler is Chief Technical Officer and Business Analyst at Starfish Mobile International based out of Johannesburg, South Africa.
With over 8 years in the mobile telecoms space in Africa, he’s been an evangelist frequently seen on the conference circuit speaking and presenting on the future of mobile on the continent. Follow him on Twitter and find more on his Slideshare. If you are anyway involved in mobile, technology or gadgets you will know that the focus of the vast majority of reports, articles and statistical data is around the growth of the smartphone handset segment globally. Some estimates during the middle of 2011 estimated that around 472 million smartphones would be sold worldwide by the end of the year. The table below from research firm Gartner estimated that in quarter 3-2011, there were 115,1 million smartphones sold globally. That is a significant number; however smartphones only represent one portion of the entire handset/device ecosystem. Nokia Now Shipped More Than 1.5 Billion S40 Phones. 25 January '12, 09:50am Follow Whilst the world might be looking at Apple’s incredible announcement of 37 million first fiscal quarter iPhone sales, there’s an even more impressive statistic coming out of Espoo, Finland, this morning after Nokia announced it has shipped its 1.5 billionth Series 40 (S40) handset.
Introduces a fashionable tri-band phone. The latest member in Nokia's line of fashion phones, the Nokia 7210, exudes urban trendiness with a daring design, including a new keypad layout with 4-way scroll.
Unveiled today, the Nokia 7210 features a high-resolution color screen, MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) capability, support for downloading Java (TM) applications, and a stereo FM radio. Nokia's newest fashion phone is also a globetrotter, functioning on 5 continents wherever GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 networks are available.
The Nokia 7210 is expected to start shipping globally in the 3rd quarter, 2002. "The Nokia 7210 is a package of style, combining the best of design with the best of technology. It extends the personalization of the exterior to the interior, allowing users to tailor their applications and communication style. Nokia introduces Asha, new lineup of phones for emerging markets - TNW. Nokia has just announced a new lineup of mobile phones at its Nokia World 2011 conference and it is calling them “Asha”.
The lineup consists of four phones that will be taking their place between feature phones and smartphones and will be targeted at emerging economies. Nokia CEO Stephen Elop spoke about how the company wanted to target “the next billion” people with this new lineup of phones. “The next billion is a really young crowd in high-growth, emerging markets,” he said, “and they are savvy mobile users”. “Asha” means “hope” in Hindi and, according to Elop, and signifies the new abilities these phones will be bringing to people in the world’s developing countries.
They’ll allow them to go online while on the go, which is still a luxury in many parts of the world, and remain connected with their family and friends via social networks—features that we take for granted in modern smartphones. In Five Years, Most Africans Will Have Smartphones. Feature phones are not the future.
Of course that verges on tautology; of course everyone will have a smartphone, until everyone has something smaller and better and even more integrated into the fabric of our lives, like Google Glasses or cybernetic jawbone/retinal implants or whatever Charles Stross dreams up next. But when, exactly? I’ve spent a good chunk of my life wandering around and writing about the developing world, and as lots of folks have recently argued, that’s still feature-phone territory, and will stay so for the foreseeable future. OK. Fair enough. I’m particularly interested in sub-Saharan Africa (and it seems I’m not the only one around here) but it’s particularly hard to make predictions about the region, in large part because you still have to take all the statistics that come out of there with a sizable grain of salt.
(source) And, most importantly, sub-Saharan Africa is much wealthier than it was ten years ago. Africa: Opportunities and Challenges in a Growing Economy. Regional Focus: Plenty of Room for Growth in Africa’s Mobile Telephone Market. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa have experienced very high rates of growth in mobile telecoms usage since 2005, thanks to rising incomes and greater competition and investment.
Wide variations persist across the region, however, with South Africa the most advanced market, but potential for growth remains in many countries. Mobile telecoms usage has benefited consumers and created opportunities for companies, but low spending power limits the types of services and products that can be marketed. Global mobile statistics 2012 Part A: Mobile subscribers; handset market share; mobile operators. FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND THE MOBILE STATS COMPENDIUM: Home: Full index of contents and highlights • Section A: Mobile subscribers; handset share • Section B: Mobile Web; 3G • Section C: Mobile marketing, advertising and messaging • Section D: Consumer mobile behavior • Section E: Mobile apps, app stores • Section F: Mobile payment, NFC, m-commerce, m-ticketing and m-coupons • Section G: Mobile financial services (MFS) and m-banking • Section H: VC investment in mobile.
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