Samsung and LG each surpass 20 million touchscreen handsets sold
So, at this point it’s pretty safe to say touchscreen handsets are big. Like, really big. Every major mobile phone manufacturer is basically knee deep in touchscreens right now, or well on its way to being knee deep at least, and for good reason: everyone wants one. Of the major players in the handset game right now, Samsung and LG both jumped head first into the touchscreen trend over two years ago — for a while there it seemed like they forgot how to make a hardware button. It’s no mystery that touchscreens have been paying off for the manufacturers but this morning we learn Samsung and LG have each surpassed the 20 million mark where touchscreen device sales are concerned. In other words, each company is selling approximately 1.6 million touchscreen handsets per month. With people this hungry for touchscreens, those who have been slow to embrace them would be well served to jump on board; the global market for touchscreen smartphones is estimated to reach about 500 million by 2012. It’s anyone’s guess who the major touchscreen players will be by then but for the time being, it’s pretty safe to call South Korea the touchscreen capital of the world.
[Via Unwired View]
I’ll get on board the touch screen bandwagon once they make touch screens that work with my fingers. I tried using the omnia and messaging was so painful, that I returned the phone.
I always knew the touchscreen craze would catch on. Too bad they’re all just IBM Simon clones!
Anyone else notice how the guy in the back is hitting the 6 key but there’s a 9 on the board?
Its interesting touchscreen have been around….for a long time…..I think it will burn out as it did a few years ago…
You gor to understand that this report by itself makes every CEO of every phone manufacturer a bit anxius to start redirecting resources and start to invest heavily into the touchscreen market. Plain and simple its consumer demand. I hope that they wouldn’t abandon physical buttons/altogether. We need ‘em !
Maybe I’m getting old, but touchscreens just slow me down. Give me physical QWERTY or give me death!
There are still a lot of rooms to improve in this market.
I’m thinking it’s capital, not capitol.
The mnemonic to remember the difference is that the capitol building (with an ‘O’) has a dome d-O-m-e.
Capital (with an ‘A’) is money, assets, etc.
Make sense? It has worked for me since 5-th grade