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Smartphones to make-up majority of phone shipments by 2015

Smartphone shipments will rise to account for more than half of the worldwide mobile phone market in 2015 driven by booming sales of low-end models and the growth of mobile apps development, according to a report from information and analysis provider IHS. Global smartphone unit shipments will soar to 1.03 billion units in 2015, more than double the 478 million in 2011. This will cause smartphones' share of global mobile phone shipments to increase to 54.4 percent in 2015 from 32.5 percent in 2011. This ris