Smartphones outsell feature phones in Europe

Smartphones have become an indispensable multi-tool for many a gadgeteer these past few years – a fact supported by the news that they have over taken the sales of vanilla text ‘n’ talk phones in Western Europe.

In terms of numbers, Sammy has taken the lead in shipped units, followed by Nokia (with a 44% decrease) and Apple with a 64% increase. The folks over at HTC will also be celebrating a massive 121% increase, no doubt helped by the sheer volume of handsets they’ve released into the market.

Widespread data network plans and a thriving hive of social network activity are no doubt key contributors towards the domination of our shiny pocket wonder-slabs and with the iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy Note right around the corner, the numbers after next year’s melee should be rather interesting.

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Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

About

Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

Areas of expertise

Computing, mobile, audio, smart home