23.6 million units sold in France in 2009!

After a very successful year in 2008 (23.5 million units sold), the French market of mobile phones has made rather a good figure in 2009 with the 3.6 million smartphones sold.

The French market has remained stable between 2009 and 2008, with a very slight growth.If the decline in sales of laptops 'classics' had been correctly estimated (20 million units, down 8% compared to 2008), the success of the smartphone has been even more important: the flagship of the mobile segment has seen sales double from 1.8 to 3.6 million units.
In our European neighbors, Italy and Spain have returned to growth while Germany recorded a second consecutive year of sharp decline in sales. Britain remains by far the largest market in Europe. Finally, the global market has declined by -3.8%, with a total volume of 1.16 billion against 1.2 billion terminal in 2008.
1 mobile on 3 sold in 2009 had a touch screen! The touch screen is permanently installed as the favorite feature of French when they choose their new mobile. For Francis Klipfel, Deputy Managing Director GfK Retail & Technology, this phenomenon is even more spectacular than the penetration of smartphones: "Nearly half of the phones sold in December 2009 had a touch screen against only 20% in December 2008. "Note also that France, which holds the penetration of touch the highest in Europe!