Research firm expects 1.7 billion smartphones to be shipped in 2017 with Android leading the way

0. phoneArena posted on 03 May 2012, 21:25

Ovum, a market research firm from London, says that smartphone shipments weill grow at an annual compounded growth rate of 24.9% between 2011-2017 to reach 1.7 billion units in 2017; the firm's principal analyst sees Android leading the way in 2017 with 48% of the global smartphone market...

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1. plgladio posted on 03 May 2012, 22:13 0 0

Lets see how the paper work continues..

2. Yummy posted on 03 May 2012, 22:18 3 0

I could have sworn I was using my Nokia 3310 yesterday.... ^-^

3. darktranquillity posted on 03 May 2012, 23:08 1 0

Cute android logo:-D

4. kamen posted on 04 May 2012, 03:24 0 1

What? RIM will have 10% and WP 17%? Sounds... insane. It's hard to believe. RIM will drop rapidly - they're in worse conditions and with way smaller portfolio than Nokia just before they slipped.

5. Cosmo posted on 04 May 2012, 12:20 0 1

RIM will be back in the game.. NOKIA is not in the best condtion right now.. But i believe the original titans will be back.. Apple VS BlackBerry VS NOKIA.. screw Android.. such a common OS..

6. thecember posted on 08 May 2012, 13:59 0 0

yessssssssssssssssssssssssss

7. thecember posted on 08 May 2012, 14:00 0 0

RIM LOLZZZZ

APPLE LOLZZZZZZZ

PHONES ONLY ANDROID BABY....................

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