1.1 Billion Cell Phones Sold Worldwide In 2007, Says Study
A recent study concludes that about 1.1 billion cell phones were sold in 2007. Strategy Analytics, a market research firm, says that the number of units sold marks a ten percent increase from the previous year. It also forecasts a ten percent increase in cell phone purchases this year, with regions such as Africa and the Middle East picking up the slack for saturated Western markets.
Finland's Nokia took the top sales spot with a market share of about 39%, or 437 million units sold. The study also noted that Apple's iPhone took about a 0.6 percent market share, which translates to about 2.3 million phones sold. Those numbers are slightly disappointing, says Strategy Analytics, pointing to the reluctance of European consumers to pay for the relatively expensive iPhone with the same fervor as the frenzied American public did last summer. Interestingly, Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently offered a more flattering figure, saying that the number of iPhones sent out numbered closer to 4 million. Somehow, we just don't see the pricey iPhone being a smashing success in economically-troubled Africa this year...
From AFP Via Textually.org
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Liz McLellan @ Jan 30th 2008 3:19PM
These numbers are staggering! The health and environmental impacts of the current turnover rate on phones is immense. Americans on average get a new phone every 18 months! Please go to secret-life.org to watch the Secret Life of Cell Phones video and learn all about responsible recycling strategies for those phones in your sock drawer...Did you know there is enough gold in 200 used cell phones to make a wedding band?