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It means they aren't being used as smart phones with data plans and such. Those devices are cheap Symbian replacements.

It is measurable because you can measure the ways people use their smartphones. Things like US smartphone sales (with data plans), app store downloads, web traffic statistics etc. paint a a much more accurate picture than worldwide raw android sales.

In the US the smartphone market share is closer to 50/50 with Android more ahead in other parts of the world. iOS users tend to use their phones more and spend more money in the app store which is part of the reason why devs usually target that platform first.

Not to say the 6:1 ratio isn't interesting. How long before the cheap phones even in undeveloped countries match my smartphone from a few years ago? Probably not long even though 3G and 4G network build outs in those parts of the world will be slow going.

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Bill Shooter of Bul Member since:

So what you're saying is that the web browsing and app downloading metrics don't correspond with the 6:1 sale figures?

That I understand.

The data plan part of it I don't. Doesn't really matter if you are using wifi or 3G/LTE, imho.

I'm not sure why anyone would buy a smart phone ( Still more expensive than a dumb phone anywhere) if they weren't going to use it like a smart phone, especially in developing areas of the world.

I never used symbian for long, so I'm afraid I'm not familiar with that usage pattern.

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zima Member since:

What do you have with this "Symbian replacements" thing? Most of what Nokia sold (S40 handsets) weren't Symbians.

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