Shortly after seeing an all new
Vertu hit the FCC, in flies word confirming that the handset maker may actually sell quite a few (by its standards). According to a new report from
ABI Research, the annual global revenue for opulent cellphones will exceed $41 billion next year and surpass $43 billion by 2013. This year, just under 6 million "luxury handsets" are expected to be sold (what exactly defines "
luxury?"), with Western Europe leading the way in demand, followed by North America and Asia. Of course, the writeup also asserts that sales of these kinds will remain extraordinarily low compared to all those free-on-contract sets, but don't be surprised to see a few new faces (and their accompanying mobiles) at this year's debutante ball.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
derFilm @ Sep 14th 2008 1:13PM
Why?
aoi tsuki @ Sep 14th 2008 7:47PM
Because the rich want new things to spend money on, particularly when it'll set them apart from others.
slamEVIL @ Sep 14th 2008 1:32PM
"annual global revenue will exceed $41 billion next year. This year, just under 6 million are expected to be sold"
so that would be an average of $8,000 per handset...seems about right.