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INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
Consumer Electronics: Smartphone and Tablet Industry
The revenue of global consumer electronics industry is expected to reach $700 billion by 2009, as
reported by the Consumer Electronics Association. The Association forecasted that the expenditure on
consumer electronic goods in 2009 will be up by $42 billion and that China will account for around 15%
of the global electronic products revenue in 2009, followed by the United States and Western Europe
with 22% and 16%, respectively.
Portable navigation devices (GPS) are expected to glean the highest revenue due to their excessive
use in cars and other vehicles. Apart from this, sales of laptops, mobile phones and smartphones are also
increasing ...