mobile industry profile

8/9/2019 Mobile Industry Profile

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Mobile industry profile

1.1 - Modern Smartphones

A smartphone is a mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with moreadvanced computing ability and connectivity than a feature phone. The firstsmartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digitalassistant (PDA) and a mobile phone or camera phone . Today's models also serve tocombine the functions of portable media players , low end compact digital cameras , poc!et videocameras , and "P# navigation units. $odern smartphones typically also include highresolution touchscreens , web browsers that can access and properly display standard web

pages rather than %ust mobile optimi&ed sites, lash compatibility, and high speeddata access via i i and mobile broadband .

The most common mobile operating systems ( #) used by modern smartphones includeApple's i # , "oogle 's Android , $icrosoft 's indows Phone , *o!ia 's #ymbian , + $'s -lac!-erry # ,and embedded inu/ distributions such as $aemo and $ee"o . #uch operating systemscan be installed on many different phone models, and typically each device canreceive multiple # software updates over its lifetime.

The distinction between smartphones and feature phones can be vague and there isno official definition for what constitutes the difference between them. ne of themost significant differences is that the advanced application programming interfaces(AP s) on smartphones for running third party applications can allow thoseapplications to have better integration with the phone's # and hardware than istypical with feature phones. n comparison, feature phones more commonly run on

proprietary firmware , with third party software support through platforms such as0ava $1 or -+1 . An additional complication in distinguishing betweensmartphones and feature phones is that over time the capabilities of new models of feature phones can increase to e/ceed those of phones that had been promoted assmartphones in the past.

Platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a feature phone . The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a mobile phone or camera phone . Today'smodels also serve to combine the functions of portable media players , low endcompact digital cameras , poc!et video cameras , and "P# navigation units. $odernsmartphones typically also include high resolution touchscreens , web browsers thatcan access and properly display standard web pages rather than %ust mobile
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optimi&ed sites, lash compatibility, and high speed data access via i i andmobile broadband .

1.2 History

1.2.1 Early years

1.2.1.1 IBM Simon

The first smartphone was the -$ #imon 2 it was designed in 3445 and shown as aconcept product that year at 6 $D17 , the computer industry trade show held in

as 8egas , *evada. t was released to the public in 3449 and sold by -ell#outh .-esides being a mobile phone, it also contained a calendar, address boo!, worldcloc!, calculator, note pad, e mail client, the ability to send and receive fa/es , andgames. t had no physical buttons, instead customers used a touchscreen to selecttelephone numbers with a finger or create fa/es and memos with an optionalstylus. Te/t was entered with a uni:ue on screen ;predictive; !eyboard. -y today'sstandards, the #imon would be a fairly low end product, lac!ing a camera and theability to download third party applications.


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1.2.1.2 The Nokia 9

The

*o!ia 6ommunicator line was the first of *o!ia's smartphones starting with the *o!ia 4=== , released in 344>. This distinctive palmtop computer style smartphonewas the result of a collaborative effort of an early successful and costly personaldigital assistant (PDA) by


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phone around that time, and early prototype models had the two devices fi/ed via ahinge. The 6ommunicators are characteri&ed by a clamshell design , with a feature

phone display, !eyboard and user interface on top of the phone, and a physical? 1+T@ !eyboard, high resolution display of at least > =B5== pi/els and PDAuser interface under the flip top. The software was based on the "1 # 89.=operating system, featuring email communication and te/t based web browsing. n344C, it was followed by *o!ia 433= , and in 5=== by *o!ia 433=i , with improvedweb browsing capability.

n 344 the term 'smartphone' was used for the first time when 1ricsson unveiledthe concept phone "#CC, the first device labeled as 'smartphone'.

1.2.2. Symbian

1.2.2.1. !ri"sson #$%

n 5===, the touchscreen 1ricsson +9C=#martphone was released. t was the first deviceto use an open operating system, the #ymbian

#. t was the first device mar!eted as a'smartphone'. t combined the functions of amobile phone and a personal digital assistant(PDA). n December 3444 the maga&ine Popular

#cience appointed the 1ricsson +9C= #martphoneto one of the most important advances in scienceand technology. t was a groundbrea!ing devicesince it was as small and light as a normal mobile

phone. n 5==5 it was followed up by PC==.
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1.2.2.2. Nokia 921 "ommuni"ator

Also in 5===, the *o!ia 453=communicator was introduced, whichwas the first color screen model from the

*o!ia 6ommunicator line. t was a truesmartphone with an open operatingsystem, the #ymbian #. t was followed

by the 4E== 6ommunicator, which alsowas *o!ia's first camera phone and first

i i phone. The 49==6ommunicatorwas smaller, and the latest14= 6ommunicator includes "P# . The

*o!ia 6ommunicator model is

remar!able for also having been the mostcostly phone model sold by a ma%or

brand for almost the full life of themodel series, costing easily 5=F andsometimes =F more than the ne/t most

e/pensive smartphone by any ma%or producer.

1.2.2.$. Nokia N9&

n 5== *o!ia launched the *o!ia *4E which integrated a wide range of

multimedia features into aconsumer oriented smartphoneG"P#, a E megapi/el camera withautofocus and 1D flash, 9" and

i i connectivity and T8 out . n thene/t few years these features would

become standard on high end

smartphones. The *o!ia >33= *avigator is a #ymbian baseddedicated "P# phone introduced in

0une 5== .
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n 5=3= *o!ia released the *o!ia *C smartphone with a stylus free capacitivetouchscreen, the first device to use the new #ymbian9 #. t featured a 35megapi/el camera with 7enon flash able to record


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$icrosoft indows AP , and is designed to have features and appearance somewhatsimilar to des!top versions of indows . Third parties can develop software for indows$obile with no restrictions imposed by $icrosoft. #ome software applications can

be purchased from indows $ar!etplace for $obile until it is discontinued on 4 $ay

5=35.

$ost early indows $obile devices came with a stylus , which can be used to enter commands by tapping it on the screen. The primary touch input technology behindmost devices were resistive touchscreens which did not re:uire a stylus and wor! withany pressed input method2 later devices used capacitive sensing . Along withtouchscreens a large variety of form factors e/isted for the platform. #ome devicesfeatured slide out !eyboards, while others featured minimal face buttons.

n ebruary 5=3=, $icrosoft announced a new phone platform, indows Phone , tosupersede indows $obile, incompatible with indows $obile devices andsoftware. The final version of indows $obile, released after the announcementof indows Phone, was >.E.E. Phones running indows $obile cannot runsoftware for indows Phone. $icrosoft says that the indows Phone operatingsystem is incompatible with devices designed for indows $obile as ; indows$obile >./ devices do not meet indows Phone hardware re:uirements designedto ensure a consistent user and developer e/perience;, and software designed for

indows $obile is incompatible with the new operating system.


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1.2.4. BlackBerry OS

Bla"kBerry )S is a proprietary mobile operating system , developed by +esearch n$otion for its -lac!-erry line of smartphone handheld devices. The operating system

provides multitas!ing and supports speciali&ed input devices that have been adopted by + $ for use in its handhelds, particularly the trac!wheel , trac!ball , and mostrecently, the trac!pad and touchscreen .

The -lac!-erry platform is perhaps best !nown for its native support for corporateemail, through $ DP 3.= and, more recently, a subset of $ DP 5.=, which allowscomplete wireless activation and synchroni&ation with $icrosoft 1/change , otusDomino , or *ovell "roup ise email, calendar, tas!s, notes, and contacts, when usedwith -lac!-erry 1nterprise #erver . The operating system also supports AP 3.5.

Hpdates to the operating system may be automatically available from wirelesscarriers that support the -lac!-erry over the air software loading ( TA# )service.

Third party developers can write software using the available -lac!-erry AP

classes, although applications that ma!e use of certain functionality must bedigitally signed .

+esearch from 0une 5=33 indicates that appro/imately EF of mobile developerswere using the platform at the time of publication.
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1.2.5. iOS

i)S (formerly i*hone )S prior to 0une 5=3=) is Apple nc.'s mobile operating system .riginally developed for the iPhone , it has since been e/tended to support other

Apple devices such as the iPod Touch , iPad , and Apple T8 . Hnli!e indows 61 ($obileand Phone ) and Android , Apple does not license i # for installation on non Applehardware. As of $arch >, 5=35, Apple's App #tore contained more than EE=,=== i #

applications, which have collectively been downloaded more than 5E billion times.t had a 3>F share of the smartphone operating system units sold in the last :uarter

of 5=3=, behind both "oogle 's Android and *o!ia 's #ymbian . n $ay 5=3= in theHnited #tates, it accounted for E4F of mobile web data consumption (includinguse on both the iPod Touch and the iPad ).

The user interface of i # is based on the concept of direct manipulation , using multitouch gestures . nterface control elements consist of sliders, switches, and buttons.The response to user input is immediate and provides a fluid interface. nteractionwith the # includes gestures such as swipe , tap , pinch , and reverse pinch , all of which have specific definitions within the conte/t of the i # operating system andits multi touch interface. nternal accelerometers are used by some applications torespond to sha!ing the device (one common result is the undo command) or rotating it in three dimensions (one common result is switching from portrait tolandscape mode).

i # is derived from $ac # 7 , with which it shares the Darwin foundation, and is

therefore a Hni/ operating system.

n i #, there are four abstraction layers G the 6ore # layer, the 6ore #ervices layer, the$edia layer, and the 6ocoa Touch layer. The current version of the operating system(i # E.3) uses roughly = megabytes of the device's storage, varying for eachmodel.
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1.2.&.1. The i*hone

n 5== , Apple nc. introduced its first iPhone . t was initially costly, priced atI 44 for the cheaper of two models on top of a two year contract. The first mobile

phone to use a multi touch interface, the iPhone was notable for its use of a largetouchscreen for direct finger input as its main means of interaction, instead of having a stylus , !eyboard, andJor !eypad, which were the typical input methods for other smartphones at the time. The iPhone featured a web browser that ArsTechnica then described as ;far superior; to anything offered by that of itscompetitors. nitially lac!ing the capability to install native applications beyond theones built in to its #, at D6 in 0une 5== Apple announced that the iPhonewould support third party ;web 5.= applications; running in its web browser that

share the loo! and feel of the iPhone interface. As a result of the iPhone's initialinability to install third party native applications, some reviewers did not consider the originally released device to accurately fit the definition of a smartphone ;byconventional terms.; A process called %ailbrea!ing emerged :uic!ly to provideunofficial third party native applications. The different functions of the iPhone(including a "P# unit, !itchen timer, radio, map boo!, calendar, notepad, and manyothers) allowed consumers to replace all of these items.

n 0uly 5==C, Apple introduced its second generation iPhone with a lower list pricestarting at I344 and 9" support. +eleased with it, Apple also created the App#tore , adding the capability for any iPhone or iPod Touch to officially e/ecuteadditional native applications (both free and paid) installed directly over a i i or cellular networ!, without the more typical process at the time of re:uiring a P6 for installation. Applications could additionally be browsed through and downloadeddirectly via the iTunes software client on $acintosh and indows P6s, rather than

by searching through multiple sites across the nternet. eaturing over E==
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applications at launch, Apple's App #tore was immediately very popular, :uic!lygrowing to become a huge success.

n 0une 5=3=, Apple introduced i # , which included AP s to allow third partyapplications to multitas!, and the iPhone , which included a 4>=B> = pi/eldisplay with a pi/el density of 95> pi/els per inch (ppi), a E megapi/el camerawith 1D flash capable of recording ==,=== device record set by theiPhone , despite the iPhone # failing to impress some critics at theannouncement due to their e/pectations of an ;iPhone E; with rumored drasticchanges compared to the iPhone such as a new case design and larger screen.Along with the iPhone # Apple also released i # E and i6loud , untethering i #devices from $acintosh or indows P6s for device activation, bac!up, andsynchroni&ation, along with additional new and improved features.

There are about 9E percent of Americans that have some sort of smartphone. Thisshows that the mar!et is spreading fast and there are also more capabilities for smartphones because of this spread.

#martphones are also mainly valuable based on the operating system. or e/ample,the iPhone runs on the i # and other devices run different operating systems whichma!es the functionality of these systems different.
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1.2.6. Android

+ndroid is a inu/ based operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones andtablet computers . t is developed by the pen


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As of ebruary 5=35 there were more than E=,=== apps available for Android, andthe estimated number of applications downloaded from the Android $ar!et as of December 5=33 e/ceeded 3= billion.

Android was listed as the best selling smartphone platform worldwide in ? 5=3= by 6analys with over 9== million Android devices in use by ebruary 5=35.According to "oogle's Andy +ubin , as of ebruary 5=35 there are over CE=,===Android devices activated every day.

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n 0anuary 5=3=, "oogle launched the *e/us ne smartphone using its Android#. Although Android has multi touch abilities, "oogle initially removed that

feature from the *e/us ne, but it was added through a firmware update onebruary 5, 5=3=.

6oncerning the 7peria Play smartphone, an analyst at 66# nsight said in $arch5=33 that ;6onsole wars are moving to the mobile platform;. n the same month,the


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