MOCOM 2020 is a non-profit initiative that analyzes the projections regarding the future of the cellphone industry. These projections are based on studies involving the international public and they reveal the way that the cellphone biz has evolved since its birth till now.
Here’s a short lesson of history and a prediction for the following 11...
In spite of the economic depression, job cuts and low profits of most handset manufacturers, handset vendors still managed to ship 258 million phones by the end of the quarter. That stands for a 11% year over year decrease, but it’s still good news, since it surpassed the specialists’ prediction (253.5 million units).]
Samsung and LG did...
The analysts from Credit Suisse have a neat prediction for us all: Sprint may sell Palm Pre for $150 with a (pretty pricey) contract, trying to compete with the $199 iPhone. Sprint claims right now that Palm Pre will be “competitively priced”, whatever that may mean, but we know that the iPhone is the handset to beat.
The carrier could...