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Posted by Monty Solomon on May 29, 2005, 3:42 am
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Ryan Kim, Chronicle Staff Writer
Mobile-phone sales continued at a torrid pace in the first
quarter as consumers worldwide latched on to camera phones and cheap
deals, according to a new report.
The industry reported that 180.6 million units were sold in the
first quarter of this year, a 17 percent increase from the same period
a year ago. That continued a buying boom that began two years ago and
really took hold last year, according to market research firm Gartner
Inc. The new figures prompted Gartner to revise its mobile-phone sales
estimates up to 750 million units from 720 million for 2005.
Still, industry analysts predict a cooling-off trend as some of
the emerging markets in China and elsewhere stabilize while existing
mature markets in North America and Europe slow down after a recent
frenzy in phone replacement sales.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/05/28/BUGV4CVUVP1.DTL
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