News - Worldwide smartphone market almost doubles

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The latest IDC figures on the smartphone market show it grew 90 percent year-on year in Q3.

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[Biscuit]

but has the sale of 'non-smartphones' decrerased? Seems that pretty much all you can buy nowerdays is a smartphone anyway so this growth feels more of a development. They are still, afterall, mobile phones.

[Scott B]

but has the sale of 'non-smartphones' decrerased? Seems that pretty much all you can buy nowerdays is a smartphone anyway so this growth feels more of a development. They are still, afterall, mobile phones.

Yeah, this essentially tracks the transition from feature-phones to smartphones. The fun bit - for me at least - is all the other cool stuff a large install-base of smartphones opens up.