Some 66 percent of U.S. consumers who bought a new mobile phone in the second quarter of 2012 bought a smart phone, Nielsen reports.
The installed base of U.S. devices now includes 54.9 percent smart phones at the end of June 2012.
Android continues to lead the smart phone market in the U.S., with 51.8 percent of people using an Android OS handset. Some 34.3 percent of smart phone owners use an Apple iPhone.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
66% of New Devices Purchased in U.S. are Smart Phones
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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