Feature Phone Sales Dropping

For the first time feature phone sales are not outpacing the smartphones. In the second quarter of 2013, approximately 225 million smartphones were sold worldwide – an increase of 46.5% over sales figures for Q2 2012. Sales of dumbphones, meanwhile, slumped 21% to 210 million. Much of the smartphone growth comes from overseas – the Asia Pacific region, to be specific. Another piece of interesting news in the Gartner report: Four out of every five smartphones in the world now run a version of the Android operating system. This is likely because Apple phones are indicators of wealth – less-affluent people worldwide simply can’t afford to pay $650 for an iPhone when Android phones sell at a fraction of the price. What type of OS and phone services do you have? I always thought that I never needed a smartphone but then I ended up getting one because of the great deal that was offered. Now I really do not know what I would do without it. Though I do have to admit that I spend too much time on games and internet phone services.