Mobile phone users are holding on to their handsets and “trading down” to cheaper deals, or opting for a top-of-the-range device such as Apple’s iPhone or the BlackBerry Storm, according to the world’s largest mobile phone company, Vodafone.This polarisation in the more mature markets of Europe and the US was apparent in figures yesterday from the US handset maker Motorola, which saw sales halve in the run-up to Christmas.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/feb/04/vodafone-nokia-mobile-phonesFuture looks gloomy for cellphone market
Cellphone sales are falling, manufacturers have announced thousands of layoffs and wireless carriers are finding it harder to acquire and keep customers.It sounds like another tale of “recession bites industry,” but there are signs that this downturn is masking something more fundamental, that the cellphone industry’s best days are behind it.
http://nytimes.com/2009/02/04/technology/companies/04cell.html
http://iht.com/articles/2009/02/03/technology/cell.4-422335.php
Mobile phone sales fall as users put handsets on hold
Mobile phone users are holding on to their handsets and “trading down” to cheaper deals, or opting for a top-of-the-range device such as Apple’s iPhone or the BlackBerry Storm, according to the world’s largest mobile phone company, Vodafone.