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== Market Insights from the Market Strategy Team == | == Market Insights from the Market Strategy Team == | ||
=== Mobile === | |||
* Motorola launched a entry-level device, the Moto G, which features a 4.5 inch, 720 p display, with 1 GB of Ram and a 1.2 Qualcomm CPU. The phone runs on Jelly Bean and will be upgradable to KitKat at the beginning of 2014. With a price of $179, it is available in Brazil and a few parts of Europe, and it will launch in more countries in Latin America, Europe and Asia in the next few weeks. | |||
* At the Samsung Developer Conference, first of its kind, there was one Tizen session called “The Tizen Web Platform”, presented in collaboration with Intel. You can find the slide deck [http://www.tizenexperts.com/2013/11/sdc13-session-slides/ here]. A big focus of the conference was the Samsung Smart TV platform and multi - screen experiences, as well as and the secure Android layer called Knox. | |||
* Ericsson released new stats about the mobile industry. Total mobile subscriptions are expected to triple and reach 9.3 billion by 2019, with 60% of them for smartphones. In 2019, almost everybody in the developed world will own a smartphone, but only half of the users in Africa and the Middle East will do the same. Current mobile subscriptions are 6.6 billion, but mobile subscribers are 4.5 billion, with many people having more SIM cards. In terms of content, video will represent 50% of mobile data traffic by 2019. More numbers in the {http://www.ericsson.com/res/docs/2013/ericsson-mobility-report-november-2013.pdf Ericsson Mobility Report]. | |||
* CyanogenMod published an installer on the Google Play Store which, with the help of desktop software, unlocks the boot loader, roots the device and flashes the company’s launcher. The app is available to a [http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/CyanogenMod_Installer#Supported_Devices list] of Samsung, Nexus and HTC devices. | |||
== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | == Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | ||