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Article: Smartphones to cost less by 2015.
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- Mail Today (New Delhi, India)
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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SMARTPHONE prices have been slipping fast. And with the number of smartphone users witnessing an upswing, prices are expected to see a phenomenal dip, going forward.
According to a new study by ABI Research, a firm that provides indepth analysis and quantitative forecasting of emerging trends in global connectivity, by 2015, about 45 per cent of smartphones shipped globally will cost less than Rs 10,000 ($ 200).
The study said in 2007 only 18 per cent of smartphones were priced below $ 200 at the retail level. But in 2009, this number had climbed to 27 per cent. These numbers highlight a change in consumer attitude about smartphones, and a shift in the ...