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Research and Markets: lower barriers will mean 73 million smartphones in China by 2013

Research and Markets estimate that smartphone sales in China are set for real growth: over 73 million by 2013, which equates to 31% of all handset sales...

Research and Markets has announced the addition of a new report Lower Barriers to Entry Will Drive China's Smartphone Market. Smartphones are set for growth in China. For Research and Markets mobile Internet applications, GPS, and multimedia functionality have been the most important drivers of this growth.

 The estimate is that the compound annual growth rate of China's smartphone market will be 25% throughout the period 2009 to 2013 and that the next wave of smartphone market growth will be driven by lowered barriers-to-entry on both the OS and chipset platform solution sides. China's smartphone shipments increased 30% in 2008 to 23.6 million units and are projected to reach 73.6 million, or 31.5% of total handset shipments, by 2013.

 The new report examines the changing dynamics of China's smartphone OS and chipset platform markets and analyses how these will drive the smartphone market in coming years. For example, the next wave of smartphone market growth will be driven by lower barriers to entry with regard to both OS and chipset platform solutions. In addition, free and complete smartphone software platform from OHA and the Symbian Foundation will fuel smartphone market growth in the coming years. Turnkey chipset platform solutions from Huawei and MediaTek are another important factor in lowering barriers to entry.

 Details of other significant drivers are also provided. The report goes on to predict:

  • the 2008 market share for China's smartphone market by vendor and OS;
  • new smartphone models and product design trends;
  • in-depth analysis of smartphone OS market trends, especially with regard to Android, Symbian, and OMS;
  • an outline of the current dynamic changes in the smartphone chipset platform market;
  • a list of market drivers; and 
  • market forecasts through 2013.

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