Asia: The golden age of smartphones

Sales of high-end smartphones and mobile phones in the Asia-Pacific region have soared to an unprecedented peak, research firm Canalys said.

In the first quarter of 2007 alone, there were more than 10.7 million "smart" mobile devices sold out in this area, with 10.1 million of them being smartphones. So compared to the same period last year, the volume of products shipped has increased by more than 40% - a rate is also considered a record.

Nokia, the world's No. 1 phone company, continues to dominate the market with 46% market share. Nokia's other rivals, none of which account for more than 15% of the market share, including Motorola is the largest mobile phone company in the United States.

" Nokia's success is mainly due to the N-series family, operating on the Symbian S60 operating system ," Canalys said. Meanwhile, rival firms have not built a "nail" smartphone, so they cannot turn on the common ground.

Source: BusinessWeek Another trend that Canalys also pointed out is the situation of big fish swallowing small fish in the smartphone market. The top names are constantly increasing market share, in return by having smaller competitors constantly fail, or abandoning people to run, or declaring bankruptcy.

Specifically, the market share of all small firms that did not appear in the Top 5 dropped from 24.5% in the first quarter of 2006 to a mere 20.9% this year.

Compared to the US and the European region, the high-end and "pro" smartphone models of Asia and the Pacific are relatively rare and sell without running. But because the population in this area is very large, this is still the largest smartphone market in the world.

In the first 3 months of 2007, Asia - Pacific accounted for about 46% of the total export volume (23.2 million units) of the world.

However, Canalys also warned that the growth of the Asian smartphone market may slow down in the near future.

Compared to the same period last year, the number of smartphones sold still increased by more than 40%, which is higher than the average of the world. However, if compared to the record rate of 84% of the fourth quarter of last year, 40% is a modest "dwarf".

Trong Cam