subject: Android will beyond the Nokia mobile phone sales in 2012 [print this page] September 26, "Fortune" article points out that professional service providers Informa Business Intelligence in March last year, had estimated sales of Android phones in 2012 than iPhone. Some people think that this forecast may have achieved, and time than expected two years ahead of schedule.
Given this situation, Informa forecasts released this week, is expected to Android mobile phone sales will exceed the Nokia 2012 mobile phone, then Android will become the world's largest smart phone platform. Android development is not limited to this. Informa predicts that by 2015, when the total number of phones based on Android platform will be more than 500 million.
According to Informa principal analyst, said Malik Kamal-Saadi, Nokia lost market share will be the largest. He said: "Informa predicts that by 2015, when, Symbian platform will be the market share of 53% in 2009 to 32% sharp. From the perspective of sales volume, based on the Android platform, smart phone sales as early as 2012 based on the Symbian platform will exceed sales of smartphones. "
Google said that Android phones are now the average daily volume of 200,000 activated. At this rate calculation, taking into account a mobile phone for 2 years the average life expectancy, if the laptop battery sales rate has remained the same, then the number of Android phones will reach 147 million cycles.
That is, if Google wants to increase the number of Android phones cycle to 5 million units, then it must be in the next four years, an increase of 3 times.
Fortunately, Android phone sales pace is not static, but accelerating rising trend.
If Nokia are still unable to reverse the unfavorable situation next year, Kamal-Saadi Android phones expected consumer interest in the trial will be greatly increased. If the Android platform, Nokia is also accepted, then he thinks Android will be the same as the Windows PC Laptop battery market into the smart phone market monopoly.
In order to give readers the development of the smart phone market a clearer understanding, Informa expects smartphone sales of products on the market in 2013 over one billion. Last month, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said that he thinks Android is profitable, and its development along the main direction of spread of these products.
Schmidt said: "If our Android platform has 10 million users, do you think we can not profit from it?" He said, it's price is 10 dollars per user per year can be paid.
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