Sales of smartphones in the US such as the iPhone, BlackBerry and Motorola Droid will overtake sales of older generation “feature phones'” by the end of next year, according to the Nielson research company.
Smartphone sales in the US will climb steadily over the next 18 months and account for just under 50 per cent of total sales by the autumn of next year, predicts a new report prepared by Roger Entner who is in charge of Nielson's telecom practice.
“We are just at the beginning of a new wireless era where smartphones will become the standard device consumers will use to connect to friends, the internet and the world at large,” he said.