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Worldwide Smartphone Sales Forecast 2010 to 2015: 2.3bn Smartphones will be Sold During the Forecast Period(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f80efc/worldwide_smartpho) has announced the addition of the "Worldwide Smartphone Sales Forecast to 2015" report to their offering. Document at a glance: - Type Market forecast report, covering 2010 to 2015 - Geography covered Worldwide - Printed page length 35 - Number of figures 32 In this report we provide our forecasts for smartphone sales year by year to 2015, separated by the following regions: - Western Europe - Eastern Europe - Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) - Japan - North America - South America - Middle East and Africa We project that global smartphone sales will achieve a compound annual growth rate of +22% between the end of 2009 and the end of 2015, and that a total of 2.3bn smartphones will be sold during the forecast period. Smartphone sales in the Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan) will grow by +30% CAGR, led by China and India. Sales will total 0.6bn units for the region. North America will grow by +21% CAGR, and Central and South America by +32% CAGR. Sales across the Americas will total 0.7bn. Smartphone sales in Western Europe will rise by +18% CAGR, dominated by sales in UK, France, Germany and Spain. Sales in Eastern Europe will grow by +24% CAGR, and sales in Middle East and Africa will rise by +19% CAGR. We contextualise smartphone shipment forecasts with handset penetration data, 3G forecasts, and discussion. Key Topics Covered: Global smartphone sales summary - Why smartphones are important - 2009 smartphone sales by smartphone brand - 1 Qtr 2010 v 1 Qtr 2009 smartphone sales - Global smartphone sales, 2009-2015 Regional smartphone sales summary, 2009-2015 Western Europe - Mobile handset penetration - 3G subscribers, 2009-2014 - Smartphone sales, 2009-2015 Eastern Europe - Mobile handset penetration - 3G subscribers, 2009-2014 - Smartphone sales, 2009-2015 - Russia Asia Pacific - Mobile handset penetration - 3G subscribers, 2009-2014 - Smartphone sales, 2009-2015 - Focus on China Central and South America - Mobile handset penetration - 3G subscribers, 2009-2014 - Smartphone sales, 2009-2015 - Brazil North America - Mobile handset penetration - 3G Connections, 2009-2014 - Smartphone sales, 2009-2015 - Focus on the United States -- Breakdown of subscriptions by major operator -- All subscribers, 2009-2015 -- Smartphone vs feature phone subscribers, Dec 2009 vs Mar 2010 -- Smartphone shipments 2009, by operating system -- Smartphone shipments 2010 forecast, by operating system -- Smartphone shipments, 2009-2015 -- Mobile internet user split: smartphones vs feature phones, 2009-2015 -- Mobile internet users via smartphones, 2009-2015 -- Mobile internet users by smartphone brand Middle East and Africa - Mobile handset penetration - 3G connections, 2009-2014 - Smartphone sales, 2009-2015 For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f80efc/worldwide_smartpho ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2010 M2 COMMUNICATIONS |