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Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments Down by 15.8% in First Quarter

.. market dropped 15.8% in 1Q09, converged mobile devices (commonly referred to as smartphones) continue to grow year on year at 4.0%. Growth within this segment was evident in Western Europe, North America, and Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan). Mo more

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IDC Predicts Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments To Fall 8.3% in 2009

..2010." The outlook for converged mobile devices (also known as smartphones) has also been scaled back as a result of the industry's changing dynamics. The previously stated 8.7% growth has been reduced to 3.4% as IDC expects all segments to b more

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Are Smartphones Immune to the Financial Crisis in Western Europe?

The market for Western European converged mobile devices (commonly referred to as smartphones) experienced a good performance in the last quarter of 2008. According to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 9.3 million units, 25.9% higher than the 7.4 million shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 31.9 million units, 36.1% higher than the 23.5 million units shipped in 2007.  more

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Western European Mobile Phone Market now in Recession

.. 4Q08 it was that the converged mobile devices segment (commonly referred to as smartphones) grew 25.9% over 4Q07, clearly outpacing the rest of the industry. For full year 2008, converged mobile devices saw growth of 36.1%, representing 17. more

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Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Declined by 12.6% in Fourth Quarter

.. 2008 it was that the converged mobile devices segment (commonly referred to as smartphones) grew 22.5% over 2007, clearly outpacing the rest of the industry. "In mature markets, such as North America and EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Afr more

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Mobile Phone Market Poised for Slowdown in 2009

..xpects converged mobile devices - commonly referred to as smartphones - to grow 8.9% worldwide in 2009. This contrasts sharply against the negative growth expected for the entire mobile phone market. Beyond 2009, growth will return to dou more

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Apple Reported to be Cutting iPhone Production

..y cut production by ten percent as customers cut plans to buy the more expensive smartphones. He also cut forecasts for suppliers to the iPhone. Apple had warned that the current economic climate could affect future sales of all its products,  more

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Financial Crisis Hits Mobile Phone Sales as Q3 Shipment Growth Slows

.. to last year, the market for converged mobile devices (commonly known as smartphones) posted strong gains," added Ramon T. Llamas, senior research analyst with IDC's Mobile Devices Technology and Trends. "The worldwide release of the A more

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