wraggster
October 18th, 2012, 23:26
It seems like every week a new stat comes out that highlights mobile's unstoppable global momentum.
Last week we learnt that the world has six billion mobile phone subscriptions (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/the-world-has-six-billion-mobile-phone-subscribers/019597), while this week a study by Strategy Analytics says that the total number of smartphone users worldwide hassurpassed one billion - 1.038 billion, to be exact.
The report says the milestone figure was reached in Q3 of 2012, which is a huge leap from the figure of 0.7 at the end of Q3 2011.
Although it 19 years to hit one billion smartphone users (the first was launched in 1993 (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/infographic-the-smartphone-revolution/019507)), Strategy Analytics believes the number of smartphone owners will reach two billion by 2015 - that's some serious growth, but not particularly surprising when you consider emerging markets like India, China and Africa.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/there-are-more-than-one-billion-smartphone-users-on-the-planet/019639
Last week we learnt that the world has six billion mobile phone subscriptions (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/the-world-has-six-billion-mobile-phone-subscribers/019597), while this week a study by Strategy Analytics says that the total number of smartphone users worldwide hassurpassed one billion - 1.038 billion, to be exact.
The report says the milestone figure was reached in Q3 of 2012, which is a huge leap from the figure of 0.7 at the end of Q3 2011.
Although it 19 years to hit one billion smartphone users (the first was launched in 1993 (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/infographic-the-smartphone-revolution/019507)), Strategy Analytics believes the number of smartphone owners will reach two billion by 2015 - that's some serious growth, but not particularly surprising when you consider emerging markets like India, China and Africa.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/there-are-more-than-one-billion-smartphone-users-on-the-planet/019639