Q3 Smartphone sales up 16% Year on Year

[OneKartVita]

binary solo said:

OneKartVita said:
Why buy a tablet when my Xperia z3 can do anything I'd want a tablet to do.

Tablets future lies as a service device. So stuck to my fridge so I can control or attached to the car dashboard etc etc.

Smartphones are going to keep increasing every year for a long time. Global population increase and people becoming wealthier are the main reasons.

Ouch at the WP stat. Anybody any idea when they'll bottom out and start to grow? I don't see why MS didn't just go with android.

Android is based on Linux and in the PC space Linux wants to destroy Windows. Why would MS ever do anything to give Linux a sniff at threatening its main source of revenue? You could say that a big reason for MS to go into smartphones was a defensive strategy against Android. It might have worked better if they hadn't gone all in with a phone company that had completely lost its mojo.

Why not ios then?