Using data collected at the point of sale, GfK found that second-quarter sales of mobile handsets were up 5.15% to 7.5m handsets, compared with the same period in 2009, thanks to a rebound in pay-as-you-go phones and continuing demand for smartphones. June turned in a particularly strong performance, up 6.8% on the prior year, capping…
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Android phones now 13% of UK phone market
Android’s share of the UK mobile contract market has grown from 3% in Q1 2010 to reach 13.2% in Q2 2010, GfK Retail and Technology’s latest figures have revealed. During this period, while contract market sales grew by less than 1%, sales of Android phones increased by a staggering 350%. Phones with an advanced Operating…
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Apps, I can handle apps
Our obsession with mobile phone applications has turned from an occasional download to a full on addictive relationship. With a fifth of smartphone users downloading more apps than six months ago, and if Gfk NOP are to be believed apps may soon replace browsers as the main gateway to the web for British consumers. GfK…