To a large extent, the growth in sales of the smartphone market in recent years have been due to the penetration of devices of this type in the country where the smartphone is the first and only means of access to the resources of a global network. Terrestrial infrastructure is poorly developed, the effective demand of the population is low, so cheap smartphones in this environment quickly find their grateful owners. It is in Asian countries, for example, the most popular smartphones with large displays.
Chinese market stands - at least, because of their size, because it is now the biggest smartphone and by 2018 may take a third of the world market of these devices. In the first half the number of Internet users in China increased by 2.3%, reaching an impressive figure of 632 million people. Of these, 83% have access to a global network through mobile devices, while through stationary computers do 81% of Chinese users. Those who do not use a computer to access the web in general - is a modest 2% of the audience, or more than 12 million people. Which way to enter the network remaining 17% of users are not specified. Obviously, through various set-top boxes and smart TVs.
Incidentally, this trend is well tracked by Google, according to its quarterly report : advertising moves from larger screens to mobile devices. In China, the number of customers using mobile devices to purchase goods for six months increased by 42%. The most popular services on the web among the owners of mobile payments remain (63.4%), banking (56.4%) and booking tickets and hotel accommodations for travelers (65.4%). Not all the segments of the network service in China, but equally developed successfully. Social networking and microblogging government is trying to hold back the development for political reasons.
Local mobile market is characterized by a high proportion of home producers. Largely due to their efforts saved the growth of the smartphone market in China. Late this evening its quarterly report should be published by Apple.