| After running in the direction of smaller mobile phones with colored screens and built in cameras for years, the world's handset manufacturers are looking for new ways to make their phones sell more and faster. Some are going for fashion and design. Many opt for style. Asian vendors continue to rely on tech advances to edge out the competition. Cameras and color have become common place in phones sold throughout North America, Japan, Korea and Europe. Now handset makers are placing bets on what they think will sell.
Usually cell phones are divided into:
* Phones with external antenna;
* Phones with built-in antenna;
World market for cell phones:
At the end of 2005, approximately 2 billion mobile phone subscribers (number of lines of fixed communication makes 1.2 billion) were recorded in the world. In 2005, the sale of cell phones worldwide was 836 million pieces amounting to $110 billion. About 32% of the cell phone market is occupied by Nokia, 18% by Motorola, 12% by Samsung and 7% by Sony Ericsson.
Apart from the main and renowned manufacturers, small, average and exotic manufacturers also exist:
* Gresso;
* LG;
* BenQ;
* Siemens(c 2005 — BenQ-Siemens);
* Mitsubishi Trium;
* Fly
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