Research and Markets: Lower Barriers to Entry Will Drive China's Smartphone Market to a Projected 73.6 Million Units or 31.5% of Total Handsets by 2013

November 11, 2009 2:00 PM EST

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4ee770/lower_barriers_to) has announced the addition of the "Lower Barriers to Entry Will Drive China's Smartphone Market" report to their offering.

Smartphone shipments in China grew 30% to 23.6 million in 2008 despite China's uncertain economy and overall stagnation in handset shipment growth. Mobile Internet applications, GPS, and multimedia functionality have been the most important drivers of this growth.

In-Stat estimates that the compound annual growth rate of China's smartphone market will be 25% throughout the period 2009 to 2013 and that the next wave of smartphone market growth will be driven by lowered barriers-to-entry on both the OS and chipset platform solution sides. This report examines the changing dynamics of China's smartphone OS and chipset platform markets and analyzes how these will drive the smartphone market in coming years. Details of other significant drivers are also provided.

This report includes:

    --  2008 market share for China's smartphone market by vendor and OS
    --  New smartphone models and product design trends
    --  In-depth analysis of smartphone OS market trends, especially with regard
        to Android, Symbian, and OMS
    --  An outline of the current dynamic changes in the smartphone chipset
        platform market
    --  A list of market drivers
    --  Market forecasts through 2013

HIGHLIGHTS

    --  China's smartphone shipments increased 30% in 2008 to 23.6 million units
        and are projected to reach 73.6 million, or 31.5% of total handset
        shipments, by 2013.
    --  The next wave of smartphone market growth will be driven by lower
        barriers to entry with regard to both OS and chipset platform solutions.
    --  Free and complete smartphone software platform from OHA and the Symbian
        Foundation will fuel smartphone market growth in the coming years.
    --  Turnkey chipset platform solutions from Huawei and MediaTek are another
        important factor in lowering barriers to entry.

Key Topics Covered:

Introduction

Definitions

Overview

Smartphone Value Chain Analysis

Drivers and Barriers

Market Forecasts

Methodology

List of Table

List of Figures

Companies Mentioned:

    --  Google
    --  Nokia
    --  Microsoft
    --  Symbian
    --  Linux
    --  MediaTek
    --  Huawei Turnkey

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4ee770/lower_barriers_to

    Source: Research and Markets

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