Mobile shipments in the US during the Q2 of this year defied the economic gloom and grew 5 percent annually to reach 42 million units, according to a latest research from Strategy Analytics.
“Despite economic fears and a tightening on consumer-spend, mobile phone shipments in the United States reached 41.9 million units during Q2 2008, up 5.3 percent from 39.8 million in Q2 2007. Attractive bundling schemes from operators and a number of new handset launches from vendors kept replacement rates at a healthy level,†Bonny Joy, Analyst at Strategy Analytics, said.
This figure should result in more companies and applications taking advantage of this boom.
Originally posted on August 11, 2008 @ 7:50 am