This may already be apparent to any iPhone user, but it seems the age of generic single-purpose mobile phones is done and we’re entering the era of the smartphone - at least according to Informa.
The UK research firm this morning began discussing its latest analysis for the handset market in 2010, predicting smartphones such as the iPhone and BlackBerry will account for up to 55 percent of the total market value for the handset market next year.
Principal analyst Malik Kamal-Saadi notes: "As demand for mid-tier handsets declines, competition in the smartphone segment is set to intensify.”
Sales of smartphones are expected to grow year-on-year by 33.5% in 2009--even as the overall handset market declined--and by 36% in 2010 in volume terms, Informa said.
Smartphones will make up 27 percent of
