PCMag Mobile Analyst Makes 2012 CES Predictions for Cell Phones
By Rob Scott
January 4, 2012
January 4, 2012
- PCMag.com provides its CES expectations in regards to the cell phone market.
- “The key overall trends we’ll see on the high end will be Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, 720p screens, and 4G LTE,” predicts Sascha Segan, lead analyst for PCMag Mobile. “I’ll be happy if 3D phones go the way of projector-phones, back into the realm of momentary fads.”
- AT&T is expected to unveil a post-merger LTE buildout strategy. “Will they stick to their plan of only covering 80 percent of the country with LTE?” asks Segan. “T-Mobile hasn’t planned a press conference yet, but they’ll be having meetings to explain what they’re doing with their juicy $4 billion breakup package from Big Blue.”
- AT&T may announce a Nokia Lumia Windows phone, while BGR suggests HTC will demo an LTE Windows phone.
- Prediction for Sprint: “A powerful HTC phone — maybe one of HTC’s first quad-core phones — could help calm the worries around Sprint’s upcoming transition from WiMAX to LTE for its 4G network.”
- “Samsung is likely to save its Galaxy S III for Mobile World Congress in February; ditto LG for the latest chapter in its Optimus line. While CES is sure to bring some appetizingly tasty handheld devices, I suspect the main courses will be served up later, at mobile-only MWC,” suggests Segan.
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