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Defining Year for Mobiles Awaits in 2010

Defining Year for Mobiles Awaits in 2010 2010 is a significant year for mobile phone sales following on from last year’s trends, with phone sales remaining stable despite the recession.

In 2009 the mobile phone companies with the highest amount of sales included Apple, Research in Motion (RIM), LG and Samsung.

On the other hand, companies with a significant drop in sales included Nokia, which saw its market share fall by 2 per cent. Nokia lost 5.5 per cent of total market sales, nevertheless, the mobile giant maintains their safe position in the mobile phone market.

While, this year, smartphones are enjoying much greater overall sales than ever before, in general, ordinary handsets have taken a downturn and are gradually being phased out. Before too long, mobile phone manufacturers will primarily focus on smartphones, which goes along well with Samsung’s motto: “Smartphone for everyone.”

2010 is a time when the present technology will need to become levelled out with the demand.

Of all the mobile phone manufacturers in 2009, it seems that Sony Ericsson fared worst. Their position in the industry is fine at the moment, but trends show that this is unlikely to continue and the joint venture may be shut down before too long.

Despite this prognosis, Sony Ericsson smartphones – the Xperia X10, its mini versions and the Vivaz and Vivaz Pro are doing well and occupy a good share of the market.

Apple continues to build on its strength in the mobile market with the ever popular iPhone now over two years old. Meanwhile, Microsoft is tipped to be the surprise hit in 2010, especially with its new WP7 Operating system. This is expected to be a significant improvement on the present system using WinMo.




Industry News posted by Marilyn on 10 March 2010

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