subject: Himfr.com Reports High-capacity Embedded Storage, Will Compete With The Cell Phone Slot [print this page] StrategyAnalytics mobile phone technology service components with a slot mobile phone penetration rate of release of the long-term forecast update report, with a removable memory card slot of the mobile-phone shipments in 2008 reached almost 685 million, accounting for 60% of total shipments; to in 2013 will grow to 990 million.
Apart from that, to a higher-capacity microSDHC format evolution trend will continue; microSDHC slot format cent of all mobile phone handsets with slots increased from 2007 to 3.5% in the rapid growth in 2008 22%, StrategyAnalytics forecast, 2009 years, this proportion will reach 54%.
StrategyAnalytics director of technical services cell phone components, namely the authors of this report StuartRobinson commented: "StrategyAnalytics adjusted with a slot on the market for mobile phone shipments forecast is based on the following point: the next 2-3 years, if NANDFlash Storage If costs continue to decline rapidly in the mobile phone to provide high-capacity embedded storage costs will be lower than the cost of many other devices, such as the display and baseband processor. It is possible we will see more high-end mobile phones will take a high-capacity embedded storage, rather than with a slot. "
StrategyAanlytics, vice president of Strategic Technology SteveEntwistle added: "StrategyAnalytics believe, microSD dominance led to the introduction of the new format has become slow. However, in order to make storage capacity of more than 32GB, and to improve the read / write speeds to over 100Mbps, the new development around the corner of vital importance. from the industry, new initiatives, such as microSDXC, is able to guide the proper development of mobile phones with a slot direction in order to compete effectively with the embedded memory. "