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New Topic Post Reply Add to Bookmarks Posts: New posts 24 hours Hot Top 20 Account: Inbox / PM Login Register   Help Search Author Did you hear that? A billion smartphones shipping by 2016 tranced Joined: Jan 19, 2006 Posts: > 500 From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland PM Posted: 2012-09-12 18:25 Mobile phone makers collectively will ship a whopping billion smartphones a year by 2016, according to NPD Group’s DisplaySearch group. In comparison, the total number of smartphones shipped will be around 567 million, the research group says. These shipment numbers include new and replacement devices. With a billion devices, I wonder if there will be such a thing as a feature phone by 2016? The impact of those shipments is going to be profound on everything from the chip business, to sensors, to the amount of data we create and bandwidth we consume. I can only imagine how a billion computers in our hand will transform societies. Read more... I jay0726 | (+3, 0) | Clara, Evita, Mimmi & Victoria | My Pics | Do your job! Access the forum with a mobile phone via esato.mobi New Topic Reply