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Vodafone Germany Foresees Android Phone Price Drop
- FierceWireless, Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:50 AM
Speaking to Financial Times Deutschland, Friedrich Joussen, CEO of Vodafone Germany, predicts the Android smartphone OS will disrupt the mobile industry over the next 18 months. He expects the price of Android phones to fall by 50%, with performance doubling over the same period. This upheaval, Joussen said, will resemble the impact that Microsoft's Windows OS had on the PC business. It also means that nearly everyone will have a smartphone. However, Joussen also recognises that this upsurge in handsets will have a corresponding impact on mobile networks and will require the operators to invest billions each year in infrastructure improvements.
