Worldwide Mobile Phone 2008-2012 Forecast and Analysis: Continued Growth

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
  • Methodology
    • Primary Data Sources
    • Secondary Sources
    • IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker
• Situation Overview
  • 2007 Market Review
    • Regional Realities
      • United States
      • Western Europe
      • Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan)
      • Japan
      • Rest of World
    • Air Interfaces
      • 2G
      • 2.5G
      • 3G
      • 4G
  • Market Developments
    • Motorola Slips to Number 3
    • Meeting Demand and Developing Segmentation Within Emerging Markets
    • Rise and Rise of the Prosumer and the Converged Mobile Device
    • Apple iPhone
    • Nokia Reinvents Itself
    • Google Announces Android
    • The Coming Data Revolution
    • Increasing Number of Location-Based Services Providers
    • Rising Tide of Advertising-Based Mobile Services
    • MNO and Device Vendor Partnerships Under Pressure
    • Multimedia Capabilities Expand But Battery Remains a Bottleneck
    • Intellectual Property Rights Were a Mess in 2007
  • Vendor Insights
    • Nokia
    • Samsung
    • Motorola
    • Sony Ericsson
    • LG Electronics
    • Other
    • Figure: Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipment Share by Vendor, 2007
• Future Outlook
  • Emerging Trends
    • Emerging Markets as Targets for High-End Devices
    • The Rise and Rise of the Converged Mobile Device
    • Nokia' s Next Step?
    • Reemergence of the Multimedia Phone
    • Device Vendors Are Ill Advised to Assume the Death of the Channel, Also Known as the Operator
    • User Interfaces
    • Build-Your-Own Mobile Devices
  • Forecast and Assumptions
  • Table: Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments by Region, 2007-2012 (000)
  • Table: Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments by Air Interface, 2007-2012 (000)
  • Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Worldwide Mobile Phone Market, 2008-2012
    • Worldwide
      • United States
      • Western Europe
      • Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan)
      • Japan
      • Rest of World
    • Air Interfaces
      • 2G
      • 2.5G
      • 3G
  • Market Context
  • Table: Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments by Region, 2005-2012: Comparison of December 2007 and March 2008 Forecasts (M)
  • Figure: Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments, 2005-2012: Comparison of December 2007 and March 2008 Forecasts
• Essential Guidance
• Learn More
  • Related Research
  • Synopsis