BRIC: Four of the Top Seven Smartphone Markets in 2018

摘要

China will displace the U.S. as the largest smartphone market in 2013. Brazil and India are also forecasted to be in the top four countries for smartphone shipments by 2018. Smartphone vendor interest and the strategies of the smartphone value chain are shifting accordingly. ABI Research forecasts that Russia will come in as the 11th largest smartphone market in 2013 and will climb to 7th in 2018. "With room to grow, the emerging BRIC nations are displacing established markets such as the U.S. and Japan as market leaders in terms of smartphone shipments," stated senior analyst, Michael Morgan.