Introduction The following analysis will analyze the cell phone industry with a focus in the smart phone industry which has been at a steady growth since the early 2000s. This analysis will cover the markets served, the industry demographics, and the historical perspective on the smart phone industry. With the cell phone industry being one of the fastest growing industries in the world, a large market share is available for different competitors to compete with one or another.
Products Offered Almost everybody in the world has heart of a cell phone and today, even most people know what a smart phone is. Smart phones allow users to store information, e-mail, install programs, play games, access the world wide web, along with using a mobile …show more content…
Apple’s smartphone operating income was $10.2 billion on revenues of $51.6 billion. Samsung took 12.9% of the profits of the smartphone industry despite having a 22.8% market share. Samsung’s smartphone operating profit was $1.58 billion on sales of $79.2 billion. OPPO took 4.7% of the smartphone industry’s profits with a unit market share of 7.4%. Hauwei took 3.5% of the smartphone industry’s profit with a unit market share of 9.8%. For all of 2016, Apple reportedly held a 92% share of mobile phone …show more content…
It was a groundbreaking device since it was as small as a normal mobile phone and used the new operating system, Symbian. In 2002, the Palm Treo was a line of smartphones that allowed you to check your calendar while you were on the phone, call directly from a contact list, and send emails. In 2003, the Blackberry Quark family of smartphones were introduced. This was the first phone that users did not have to attach a wired headset to make calls. In 2007, Apple propelled smartphones into the mainstream by unleashing the iPhone. It was the first commercial smartphone to use finger input as its main means of interaction, instead of a keypad or
Products Offered Almost everybody in the world has heart of a cell phone and today, even most people know what a smart phone is. Smart phones allow users to store information, e-mail, install programs, play games, access the world wide web, along with using a mobile …show more content…
Apple’s smartphone operating income was $10.2 billion on revenues of $51.6 billion. Samsung took 12.9% of the profits of the smartphone industry despite having a 22.8% market share. Samsung’s smartphone operating profit was $1.58 billion on sales of $79.2 billion. OPPO took 4.7% of the smartphone industry’s profits with a unit market share of 7.4%. Hauwei took 3.5% of the smartphone industry’s profit with a unit market share of 9.8%. For all of 2016, Apple reportedly held a 92% share of mobile phone …show more content…
It was a groundbreaking device since it was as small as a normal mobile phone and used the new operating system, Symbian. In 2002, the Palm Treo was a line of smartphones that allowed you to check your calendar while you were on the phone, call directly from a contact list, and send emails. In 2003, the Blackberry Quark family of smartphones were introduced. This was the first phone that users did not have to attach a wired headset to make calls. In 2007, Apple propelled smartphones into the mainstream by unleashing the iPhone. It was the first commercial smartphone to use finger input as its main means of interaction, instead of a keypad or