The number of smartphones in use globally is expected to hit 1.7 billion by 2014, driven by an explosion in purchases in emerging markets.Analysys Mason has forecast that use of the devices, including the iPhone, Blackberry and Google’s Nexus One, will grow at an annual rate of 32 per cent between 2010 and 2014 and will account for 26 per cent of all handsets in four years’ time.To read this report in The Independent in full, see:
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Smartphone usage set to rocket to 1.7 billion by 2014
The number of smartphones in use globally is expected to hit 1.7 billion by 2014, driven by an explosion in purchases in emerging markets.