a study by Juniper Research finds that splitting of the mobile phone market falls in developing countries and low-cost devices for high-end smartphones for industrialized nations continues. The market share of low-cost models is rising by 2014 to over 50 percent. Both segments have a combined share of 79 percent.

The number of cheap mobile phones sold in 2014 Juniper Research estimates at 700 million units, representing an increase of 31 percent over 2008. The smartphone sales are expected to reach 2014 360 million units. The sales figures are mid-priced, however in this period by more than 41 percent.

The majority of cheap mobile phones (23 percent) was sold in 2008 on the Indian subcontinent. 2014, according to estimates by market researchers the region’s share at 22 per cent per annum. Targeted information and convenient services such as Nokia’s Life Tools also favored the growth of the mobile market in developing countries, it said.

According to Juniper Research, providers such as Nokia, Apple and Research In Motion are well positioned to benefit from this trend. The mid-market segment are strongly represented Sony Ericsson and Motorola, however, would need to rethink their strategy. Both companies had recently been in the red. Motorola’s worldwide market share dropped last quarter to 5.5 percent.

In the second quarter of the global mobile phone market shrank, according to a recent Gartner analysis by 6.1 percent over the previous quarter to 286 million units sold. The smartphone market is achieved in this period with 40 million units, an increase of 27 percent. Cause is the economic crisis, the demand in both industrialized and developing countries have also further weakened, according to Gartner.

a study by Juniper Research finds that splitting of the mobile phone market falls in developing countries and low-cost devices for high-end smartphones for industrialized nations continues. The market share of low-cost models is rising by 2014 to over 50 percent. Both segments have a combined share of 79 percent. The number of cheap mobile [...]

a study by Juniper Research finds that splitting of the mobile phone market falls in developing countries and low-cost devices for high-end smartphones for industrialized nations continues. The market share of low-cost models is rising by 2014 to over 50 percent. Both segments have a combined share of 79 percent. The number of cheap mobile [...]

a study by Juniper Research finds that splitting of the mobile phone market falls in developing countries and low-cost devices for high-end smartphones for industrialized nations continues. The market share of low-cost models is rising by 2014 to over 50 percent. Both segments have a combined share of 79 percent. The number of cheap mobile [...]

a study by Juniper Research finds that splitting of the mobile phone market falls in developing countries and low-cost devices for high-end smartphones for industrialized nations continues. The market share of low-cost models is rising by 2014 to over 50 percent. Both segments have a combined share of 79 percent. The number of cheap mobile [...]

a study by Juniper Research finds that splitting of the mobile phone market falls in developing countries and low-cost devices for high-end smartphones for industrialized nations continues. The market share of low-cost models is rising by 2014 to over 50 percent. Both segments have a combined share of 79 percent. The number of cheap mobile [...]

a study by Juniper Research finds that splitting of the mobile phone market falls in developing countries and low-cost devices for high-end smartphones for industrialized nations continues. The market share of low-cost models is rising by 2014 to over 50 percent. Both segments have a combined share of 79 percent. The number of cheap mobile [...]

a study by Juniper Research finds that splitting of the mobile phone market falls in developing countries and low-cost devices for high-end smartphones for industrialized nations continues. The market share of low-cost models is rising by 2014 to over 50 percent. Both segments have a combined share of 79 percent. The number of cheap mobile [...]