microSD the number one memory card format in mobile phones according to Strategy Analytics
The latest report from Strategy Analytics says that microSD format is dominating the mobile phone market. According to Strategy Analytics the microSD has rapidly become the format of choice for new mobile phones, in competition with MMCmicro and Sony’s new format, Memory Stick Micro.
Over the next five years, sales of mobile phones with memory card slots are expected to grow at an annual average rate of 52 %, with almost three-quarters of all new phones sold in 2010 likely to include a memory card slot. Mobile phone, with memory card slot, sales between 2004 and 2005 achieved a 160 %. Meanwhile, sales of memory cards for mobile phones are expected to grow at a rate of 53 % over the next five years, reaching almost 1.1 billion memory cards by 2010.In 2005 the average storage capacity of memory cards sold for use in mobile phones was 112 MB per card. By 2010 it is predicted that this will have increased to around 1.6 GB, equivalent to an annual average growth rate of over 70 %.
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Source: www.strategyanalytics.com
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