Thread: Smartphones usage in EU+USA
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2010-08-27 , 12:18
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Originally Posted by kureyon View Post
AFAICS the "sources" don't define what makes a "smartphone". A common misconception in North America seems to be that the iphone was the first smartphone. I find it hard to believe that with all the S60v3 devices out there that Europe has a lower smartphone penetration than the US.
Looking through the source articles, they do seem to imply that subsidization is what is driving smartphone penetration in the US. I would need to see more of the source data to be sure, but intuitively that would make some sense: while Europe would likely have a head start on the US in terms of acceptance of the smartphone concept, the American model of deep subsidization will lend itself to a faster rate of smartphone adoption in the US because most Americans who do buy smartphones pay deeply discounted prices for them

In exchange for your freedom, you get a nicely spec'd smartphone for $100 (which is what my wife paid for her Droid 2). That's an exchange a lot of Americans don't mind making.