Worldwide mobile device sales translated into 1.6 billion new units in the hands of consumers in 2010 — an eye-popping 31.8 percent increase from 2009, according to new figures from Gartner. The firm found also that smartphone sales were up 72.1 percent from 2009, accounting for 19 percent of total mobile device sales in 2010. Worldwide mobile phone sales reached 32.7 percent growth in the fourth quarter of 2010 with the number of units sold totaling 452 million. The volume alone turned heads in the mobile community.
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It's a Mobile World: Smartphones Way Up, Symbian Doomed
Posted by: Erika Morphy February 10, 2011 09:42 AMWorldwide mobile device sales translated into 1.6 billion new units in the hands of consumers in 2010 — an eye-popping 31.8 percent increase from 2009, according to new figures from Gartner. The firm found also that smartphone sales were up 72.1 percent from 2009, accounting for 19 percent of total mobile device sales in 2010. Worldwide mobile phone sales reached 32.7 percent growth in the fourth quarter of 2010 with the number of units sold totaling 452 million. The volume alone turned heads in the mobile community.