Market research firm IHS iSuppli said in a report, in 2013 the global smart phone shipments expected to reach 897 million units, compared to the 2012 smart phone shipments grew by 26%, while Apple's iPhone 2013 growth forecast annual shipments only was 12%.
The global smart phone industry still maintained a rapid growth rate, IHS iSuppli that 2013 shipments expected to grow by 26%.According to the 2013 second quarter market report predicts that in 2013 global smart phone shipments expected to reach 897 million units in 2012 global smart phone shipments of 712 million units.
As in the past six years, driven by smart phone industry an important force, Apple iPhone 2013 year shipment growth may be less than the overall market growth. 2013 first quarter shipments of Apple's iPhone 37.4 million units, below market expectations, mainly because the iPhone-related patent disputes led to postpone the date listed on the next generation iPhone is expected to take until 2013 to post the second half of this year, the iPhone shipments are expected to be 150 million units, compared with 134 million units in 2012 compared to modest growth, the growth rate was 12%, not only lagging behind the growth of the global smart phone industry with the iPhone's growth rate in previous years, the gap is very large, 2012 the iPhone shipments up 44%.
Apple iPhone shipments slowdown is an indisputable fact that the first quarter 2013 shipments of 37.4 million units, while in 2012 compared to 35.1 million units. From one of the four major U.S. carriers Verizon outgoing message, iPhone sales lower than expected, it may be difficult to achieve in 2010 when signing a contract with Apple to develop sales goals.
July 23, 2013 Apple released the second quarter 2013 financial report, iPhone shipments in the second quarter over the same period will also be announced. Analysts expect the second quarter of 2013 iPhone shipments to 29 million units in 2013 is still the focus of the fourth quarter sales of new market conditions.
