25 Mar
GPS mobile phones on the rise!
Posted on 2010 under Mobile News, Samsung Jet, Sony Ericsson Vivaz, gps, smartphone | Comments are offRecent reports from Berg Insight state that global shipments of enabled has increased by 92% in 2009, taking shipments up to 150 million. Growing at an annual growth rate of 38.7%, shipments are forecast to reach 770 million units in 2014.
GPS technology was first implemented in the segment, and it is now seen as a standard feature on all new models. Berg Insight also anticipate that GPS enabled low-cost smartphones will also become a trend in the market.
During 2010, GPS technology will also become more common in mid-range feature phones. As well as this, from the start of 2011, users can also expect gradual improvements in location performance in handsets.
The Senior Analyst from Berg Insight Andr? Malm said “Chipset developers and handset vendors are already working on next-generation location technologies that will address the limitations of GPS when using handsets in urban canyons and indoors. Multi-mode receivers that also support the Russian GLONASS satellite system will appear in handsets in 2011. By combining the two systems, more visible satellites will increase the chance to receive sufficiently strong signals to get a fix in more locations”
So we have already seen top smartphones such as the and feature phones such as the featuring GPS, with a wider range of high and low end mobile phones expected to sport the feature in the near future.