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The first quarter of 2015 saw global smartphone sales set a new record of $96 billion, with the most desirable elements being big screens and 4G. The stats come from market analysis firm GfK, which compiles figures for the top handset manufacturers — so while it's happy to trumpet the good numbers, any questions about who sold …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Bought my first smartphone this quarter...

    My LG20 was £15 on PAYG, but is now £25 though, but that's probably why smartphone sales are at an all time high, they're finally at a low enough cost for the cheapskates like me to give them a try. And the cheap ones are small and fit in your pocket, not like the flagship Dom Jolly designer monstrosities...

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      Re: Bought my first smartphone this quarter...

      Same here. I needed a dual sim phone and my very ancient Nokia was literally falling apart - sticky tape only lasts so long. I found that a smartphone was cheaper than a replacement for the Nokia.

      The only problem is what to do with all the extra junk it has even after unloading as much as it allowed me to.

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  2. SuccessCase

    "any questions about who sold what and to whom are met with a mumble"

    Doesn't have a regional breakdown, but for Q1 this year the following is estimated but with some justification -

    Top 5 vendor Android handset sales:

    HTC 5.0m

    Sony 7.9m

    LG 15.4m

    Samsung 83.3m*

    Combined Operating Profit (top 5 combined) $2.09 bn

    Apple handset sales 61.17m

    Apple Operating Profit $11.27 bn

    Source: Charles Arthur

    *see the footnotes in the linked article

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  3. Bleu

    I already have

    a working 'feature phone', and I pine for its reconnection. Repairs are said to be too expensive.

    I want a new and similar one, although I will keep the old one going anyway because the camera is great if it is not dark.

    Going off the topic, I have something called 'cute and sweet battery and memory optimiser' on this Kyocera Android thing, it has an end-of-service announcement button, I am sure it was not there when I first downloaded it.

    It is on the fifteenth of June, I thought about just deleting it, but I want to see what happens, does it just stop working or disappear?

    It has no explicit connections to the 'net, I suspect that whatever happens, it will demonstrate that Stallman is more often right than wrong.

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