12.75 million mobiles sold in Australia last year a sharp increase from 10.99 million in 2

Australian smartphone shipments surged 101% year-on-year in Q4 2010, with 2.64 million devices shipped. In total, 4.25 million mobile devices were shipped in Q4, with smartphones accounting for a record 62%, up 24% from Q4 2009's penetration of 38%.
 The availability of affordable Android smartphones has intensified consumers' migration from feature phones to smartphones,. There will be a significantly higher smartphone penetration, in excess of 92% by the end of 2015.
 The research house combines mobile phone sales from two categories: smartphones and feature phones.
 
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