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Mobile internet, GPS drive Chinese smartphone market

Indiantelevision.com Team

(28 February 2008 3:30 pm)

MUMBAI: The smartphone in China is evolving to become a mobile internet device, with cellular voice communication just one function of the converged appliance, and Chinese consumers are responding to its capabilities, reports research company In-Stat.

The Chinese smartphone market grew by 37.7 per cent in 2007, with total shipments of 14.4 million. The introduction of feature-rich mobile internet service and GPS-based services will fuel the market over the next several years.

Revolutionary UI and UE, enabled by touchscreen and 3D sensor technologies, will be widely used in the next-generation smartphones.

Smartphone shipments in China are expected to hit 33 million in 2012. The GPS-enabled Smartphone is in its infancy, but will have an increasing impact on the smartphone market during the forecast period.