Turning point: more smartphones sold than PCs

Figures show that the PC and the 'fixed web' has had its day.

For the first time in a quarter more smartphones than PCs sold. And that image will only increase, says market researcher IDC. This year there are so many smartphones for the mass market that even expensive equipment at low prices available.

New market figures from IDC show that the PC, and perhaps the 'fixed web ", has had its day. In the fourth quarter of 2010 were 92.1 million PCs were sold worldwide, an increase of 2.7 percent.In contrast, the number of smartphones sold in the last months of last year rose 87.2 percent to 100.9 million.

Nokia's new Symbian was 3 ^ 5 million copies sold, Windows 7 phones 1.5 million times.

While the mobile operating system Symbian is the market leader among smartphones, Android is Google's rapid rise. Certainly one quarter of all new smart phones running on Android. Phone makers need to invest a cent in software because Google already accounts for those costs.Manufacturers are not only competing with various hardware. That usually means: resolution of the camera (s), multi-core processors, surface touch screen, memory size and - sometimes - slick adaptation of the user.

IDC sees a trend that is aangeslingerd by Android: "We expect that this year more smartphones come out for the middle and bottom of the market. In the same way even toptelefoons at lower prices on the market. "

The researcher makes no geographical breakdown of sales figures of smart phones. It is assumed that the cheaper smartphones also will pave a path to emerging countries like Brazil, Russia, China and India.

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