Smartphone Shipments to Rise 11% This Year

摘要

Although the outlook for the overall mobile handset market continues to dim, smartphones remain a bright spot with global unit growth as high as 11.1% in 2009, iSuppli Corp. (isuppli.com) predicts.rniSuppli forecasts global smartphone shipments will reach 192.3 million units in 2009, up 11.1% from 2008. However, the research firm hedged its outlook by adding eroding consumer confidence could cut that forecast to 6% growth.rnSmartphones will make up between 16.6% and . 17.4% of total mobile handset unit shipments in 2009. Shipment CAGR from 2008 to 2013 will range from 18.3% to 21%.