Shipments of smartphones in 2013 reached a billion

Research firm IDC has issued reports that the mobile market has changed over the past 2013 , paying special attention to smartphones. 

Still, after all " smart phones " literally five years evolved from toys secured geeks and tools for successful businessmen in something ordinary and accessible to almost everyone. Now it is no exaggeration to say that smart phones have won the final victory over their less advanced ancestors.

Immediately it is worth to mention that IDC use in their reports the concept of exit, rather than sales. That is, in the tables indicate the number of mobile devices, the manufacturer sent the sellers , not the number of units purchased by the final buyers of the goods. 

According to the company , shipments of smartphones in 2013 reached 1 004.2 million units , ie, the first time exceeded 1 billion ! Annual growth of this indicator was 38.4%. Figure , at first glance , a very large , but significantly less than those predictions that gave themselves IDC. On shipment of smartphones clearly influenced crisis in many regions of the world . Almost all analysts are unanimous in saying that the improvements it is not worth waiting .

Another important achievement for smartphones - complete victory over conventional phones , because total shipments this year amounted to 1 821.8 million units. This means that the "smart" mobile devices 55.1% of this index , whereas in 2012 it was only 41.7 %. The main driver of increasing interest in smartphones is to reduce the average price - in the past year, manufacturers of all classes tried to fill that segment . Some B- brands even started to build his own name on the rise " public sector ."

Unfortunately , HTC has not appeared in the top five of the largest manufacturers of smartphones in 2013 , according to IDC. The company's sales are not high enough , and the price of shares which year tends downward. Taiwanese have made every effort to overcome the crisis , but they were not enough . And indeed the situation in the market , as mentioned above , is far from ideal for HTC, has always focused on the creation of innovative design and, therefore, expensive devices .