At some point, it has been clear, there will be very little difference between "phone sales" and "smart phone sales."
As you might also guess, shipments of lower-cost smart phones will grow the most. Devices selling for less than US$250 will grow from 259 million units in 2013 to 788 million units in 2018, according to ABI Research.
Mid-range devices costing up to $400 are expected to grow from 635 million to 925 million units by 2018.
Though observers might not have thought the point would be reached so quickly, in many emerging markets, voice profits already are low enough that selling data plans will make the difference between success and failure, in some cases.
Monday, April 22, 2013
46% of All Smart Phone Shipments in 2018 Will be "Low End"
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.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
-
We have all repeatedly seen comparisons of equity value of hyperscale app providers compared to the value of connectivity providers, which s...
-
It really is surprising how often a Pareto distribution--the “80/20 rule--appears in business life, or in life, generally. Basically, the...
-
One recurring issue with forecasts of multi-access edge computing is that it is easier to make predictions about cost than revenue and infra...
1 comment:
I'm an Android user but really haven't used it except when my kids want to play some games.
So, I don't see that much difference in low end smart phones unless you're heavily into business and using your phone as a wireless office.
Post a Comment