The latest projections, from Parks associates, is for over 2 billion people worldwide owning at least one smartphone in 2015, with unit sales growing over 175 per cent from 2010.

"Smartphones represent a new lifestyle," said Harry Wang, Director, Mobile Research, Parks Associates. "Consumer desire for that lifestyle has accelerated the traditional mobile phone replacement cycle and will drive near-term hypergrowth of the smartphone market."

From the article, "Smartphone hypergrowth - we'll be wading knee-deep by 2015"

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