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Analyst Says Storage Card Slots Becoming Ubiquitous

By Staff Author | July 3, 2008

Mobile phones with storage card slots sold 592 million units last year and will reach 1.04 billion units in 2011, Strategy Analytics said today.

Last year’s figure represents 53% of all mobile phone sales worldwide.  Of those, the microSD and microSDHC formats accounted for 57% and will probably reach 86% in 2011.  At that point, there will be strong competition from the new Universal Flash Storage, analysts said in the report.

Universal Flash Storage is supported by a standard from the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association.  It was announced in Aug. 2007 and will have transmission speeds exceeding 2 gigabits.  A draft specification is due later this year with final approval next year, according to the JEDEC organization.

High-capacity storage and fast transmission speeds are increasingly necessary as mobile phones, especially smartphones, serve double-duty as entertainment devices holding images, music and video.  “Penetration of slotted phones is already over 85% in many developed countries. We are now seeing significant growth in emerging markets where demand for music and cameraphones is taking off,” said Steve Entwistle, vice president.


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