Flash Memory Will Still Dominate Mobile Phone Storage in 2012

HDD solutions will have a small but notable market opportunity in handheld devices over the next few years, but Flash memory will continue its dominance in mobile phones, according to a new Parks Associates report. The report finds 99% of mobile phones will have a Flash memory solution through 2007, dipping to 96% by the end of 2012. This slight shift is due to a small but emerging market for hard disk drive (HDD) solutions in handheld devices.

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Global Mobile Phone Storage Forecast

"The benefits of Flash memory - non-volatility, fast read times, and shock resistance - make this technology ideal for mobile phones and other handheld devices such as MP3 players and digital cameras," said Parks Associates Analyst Chris Roden. "However, HDD will have some market opportunities in the near future."

"These consumers will require greater storage, and the low cost per gigabyte will carve out a market opportunity in handheld devices for HDD memory," Roden said.

Posted to the site on 20th November 2007