Smartphones: New User Paradigms and Behaviors

The china smartphone shop is currently the fastest-growing segment and it will continue to outpace the overall handset market for the foreseeable future. User friendly platform and evolving user behavior pattern are responsible for its exponential growth. In the past few years Smartphone sales have grown exponentially. In 2011, 472 million Smartphone were sold worldwide. This is expected to rise to 1 billion by 2016. Latest cheap smartphones  now account for 17% of all global mobile handset sales. Particularly in the USA, 43% end-users have Smartphone which is equivalent to France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK.

Among the four major operating platforms Android leads the market with 47% market share beating Apple's who has 29%. However 57% mobile operating profits are in Apple's basket. The user behavior pattern has also experienced a major shift from voice to data centric in last year and sleek design of handset. Usage and growth in social networking, mobile payments, and many expected other non-voice applications driven by LTE are expected.

This research addresses:

• Top Smartphones and innovations in 2011
• Smartphone user behavior pattern evolution
• Top smartphone functions for end-users
• Relationship between mobile growth and Best android smartphones online sale user behaviors
• Leading demographics (by gender / race / nationality) for usage
• New dynamics of smartphone user behavior
• Impact of mobile marketing
• Relationship of applications market to smartphone user behavior
• Smartphone business models
• Actions that stakeholders should take for optimal success in smartphone marketplace