According to recently released analysis from IHS Markit global smartphone numbers in use will grow from four billion in 2016 to more than six billion by 2020. They also say that the four billion smartphones (of a total of 7 billion mobile devices today) represent over 60% of all smart connected consumer devices.
IHS Director Ian Fogg says “Mobile devices and services are now the hub for people’s entertainment and business lives, as well as for communication. The smartphone has replaced the PC as the most important smart connected device.”
With the likely Tsunami of smart connected devices as part of the IoT and supported in the mobile space by 4G Advanced and 5G it is predicted by Machina Research that there will be 25 billion connected devices by 2020. If this comes to pass then the current smartphone dominance will be no more.