welcome to a pyramid preview on the latestreport in the research in focus: smartphones series. the report, emerging markets willgenerate 58% of smartphone sales in 2012-2017 is a comprehensive look into the smartphonemarket at the country, regional, and global levels. the series is a blend of primary research,market indicators and qualitative analysis, the research in focus series helps leadersin the communications industry identify emerging
How To Create Skype Account, opportunities in smartphone markets aroundthe world. global smartphone sales reached 641m in 2012,up 41% from 2011. pyramid research expects worldwide sales to more than double between2012 to 2017, reaching close to 1.5bn units in 2017. growth will be driven by strong demandfor value smartphones, particularly in emerging
markets. while smartphone unit sell-throughwill grow dramatically in emerging markets during the forecast period, growth in themore developed regions will be far lower. the north american region will remain thesecond largest smartphone market over the forecast period, but its share will be reducedfrom 22% in 2012 to 16% in 2017. furthermore, the western european region will see its shareof total smartphones sold decline sharply, by five percentage points, over the forecastperiod. in the asia-pacific region, declining pricesfor smartphones and service plans have fueled sales in recent years. more precisely, smartphonesell-through in the region reached 253m in 2012, up nearly 62% from 2011. smartphonesell-through in asia- pacific is expected
to reach 671m by 2017. china is set to surpassthe us as the world's largest smartphone market in 2015, and it alone will make up 19% ofthe total in 2017. smartphone sell-through will almost triple in latin america as wellas in central and eastern europe, and more than triple in the africa/middle east region.the highest growth rates are expected in africa and the middle east, growing at a compoundannual growth rate of 26.3% , and central and eastern europe, growing at a 24% cagr,due to low initial smartphone penetration rates and improving access to devices. research in focus: smartphones is availablein powerpoint format and accompanied by an excel file that contains all the data underlyingthe report. the report is available through
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