Smartphone Units sale stats/forcasts, Russia is bigger than Japan and Number 1 in Europe

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Why HP chose India as its way back into the smartphone market – Quartz
Smartphone explosion in 2014 will see ownership in India pass US | Technology | The Guardian

2014 smartphone forecast: new users and upgrading users. (Click for larger version on Flickr) Photograph: /PR/Mediacells

 

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Good for Russia.

 

[SvenSvensonov]

Good for Russia.

It certainly is good for Russia, or the US, or South Korea, or Japan... China or whoever makes the phones being sold (and the carrier and service provider), but I have to wonder, is the market in Russia looking to expand relative to Japan and Europe because there is so much demand in Russia, or is it because they are behind the curve and every other mentioned nation already sees their citizens own smart phones? In the US, most of us already have one, so Russia could even be a larger market then we are... assuming this conjecture is true.

Here's a bit of information on smartphone ownership in Japan.
• Forecast smartphone user penetration Japan 2010-2017 | Statistic

Here's information on the same, but for the US instead.
Cell Phone and Smartphone Ownership Demographics | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project