Regional Quarterly Report for Q3 2013 : Mobile Devices
The global mobile phone industry reached a record third quarter high of 441 million units phones shipments growing 6% annually and sequentially.
Smartphone remained the key segment within mobile phones growing 46% annually and 10% sequentially to reach an all-time record 272 million units shipments in Q3 2013.
Meanwhile, feature phones demand continued to slide (-26% annually) globally except India and few Asian and African markets where it showed some positive growth.
The overall growth continued to saturate in developed markets whereas emerging markets continued to register healthy growth with growing demand for smartphones and addition of newer cellular subscribers in many markets across Asia and Africa.
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Category
Industry
Smartphone
Report Type
Report
Time period
Quarterly
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