Are Smartphones Immune to the Financial Crisis in Western Europe?

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Last updated: Tuesday, March 3, 2009

The market for Western European smartphones experienced a good performance in the last quarter of 2008. According to IDC’s European Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 9.3 million units, 25.9% higher than the 7.4 million shipped in 4Q07. … From the operating system perspective, a newcomer was released in 4Q08 — the Android OS from Open Handset Alliance. The first device was launched by T- Mobile in the U.K. and manufactured by HTC. The expectations were high, …

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