A number of
announcements for latest smartphone devices are lined up in the following week,
as companies strive to introduce their best devices in the market and compete
against the curiosity expected out of the next iPhone launch.
The new devices are
predicted to uplift sales of smartphones to a record quarter in the last three
months of this year. Analysts, however, wonder if Windows Phone will be able to
compete against the powerful duo, Apple and Google, the second one owns the
Android OS.
Ramon Llamas at IDC
said that iPhone can be seen as a big volume mover and it would be hard to
place bets against that. The December quarter is likely to feature plenty of
devices that are being previewed.
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Sony and Samsung
slipped in their share of news as new smartphones were declared at the IFA
Electronics Show held in Berlin.
The following week will
see events hosted by Motorola and Nokia in which they will showcase their
upcoming models. Amazon is also planning on hosting a conference in Los
Angeles. it is believed that the company will feature its first smartphone
offering apart from an update of the Kindle Fire Tablet.
According to several
media outlets, Apple has set a date for the event to unveil iPhone 5 in San
Francisco. Analysts expect that whenever the next iPhone gets released, it
would be the top-selling smartphone device of the period. Samsung will be
selling its Galaxy Note and Galaxy S3 in large numbers, even after losing a
high-profile legal dispute with Apple last week.
As per the prediction
of James Faucette of Pacific Crest, international smartphone sales will amount
to 165 million units by December. He mentioned that there will be many new
products, but the sequential increase will come after the release of the
iPhone.
Other gadgets will
continue battling for niche market shares. Some companies may benefit from the
continued weakening
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