While mobile devices may be the biggest-selling consumer electronics products in the world, with more than one billion shipping every year, the market's under constant pressure - and the iPhone is a crucible for further change.
“Three or four years from now, no mobile device vendor – no matter what their market position today – will be in a ‘comfort zone’,” said ABI Research vice president and research director Stuart Carlaw.
Developed and developing markets for these devices are being shaped by divergent forces - developed markets are typically highly saturated, highly competitive and highly seg