smartphone growth – CompanionLink Blog https://www.companionlink.com/blog Small Business Productivity, Tools and Tips - Android and iPhone Sync Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:08:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 Smartphone sales continue to grow despite recession https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2009/11/smartphone-sales-continue-to-grow-despite-recession/ https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2009/11/smartphone-sales-continue-to-grow-despite-recession/#respond Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:04:45 +0000 http://companionlink.wordpress.com/?p=549 Continue reading →]]> Smartphone vendors shipped a record number of units in Q3/2009, up nearly 5% from the previous year. Nokia led the pack, followed closely by RIM (BlackBerry) and Apple. Worldwide demand for smartphones is expected to continue as the economy gets better. Sales for smartphones is expected to continue to outpace sales of regular phones (without browsing, email, and social media functionality).

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]]> https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2009/11/smartphone-sales-continue-to-grow-despite-recession/feed/ 0 Slowing smartphone sales in 2009? https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2008/12/slowing-smartphone-sales-in-2009/ https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2008/12/slowing-smartphone-sales-in-2009/#respond Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:18:00 +0000 http://companionlink.wordpress.com/?p=99 Continue reading →]]> Gartner Group, a leading market research firm, said the growth in sales of smartphones slowed to 11.5% in Q3/2008. This marks the weakest growth they’ve seen since Garnter started tracking sales in the mobile sector. RIM, makers of the BlackBerry, lowered their 3Q earnings forecast due to “shifts in product-launch dates” — in other words, the later-than-expected releases of the BlackBerry Bold…

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