Sim Only Demand Contributes Towards Slump In Mobile Handset Sales

Some experts are predicting that in 2012 cost conscious consumers are going to be looking to keep existing handsets longer and looking for cheaper sim only contract deals in an attempt to drive down monthly expenditure; this isn’t good for mobile manufacturers but may end up being a beneficial for the average consumer.

Whereas most industries have been feeling the pinch created by the economic problems faced by many countries the mobile network has not been in the same position, however regulator offcom seem to think that the mobile industry is starting to follow the trend of some many other industries in front of it. Smartphone sales are starting to Pieter out.

Figures suggest that currently 46 percent of the mobile phone owning population in Britain currently have a Smartphone, and offcom seem to think that the Smartphone buying has hit saturation point with only a predicted 3% of the remaining uks mobile phone owners opting for a Smartphone over their current handsets.

Some mobile experts seem to think that the new levels of value offered by the current crop of sim only contracts currently on offer are deterring the average consumer from constantly upgrading their current handsets for the latest models, instead consumers are looking to hold onto these handsets for a little while longer in an attempt to get a cut price sim only deal and save some money in the process.

Another factor to the predicted slow down in high-end Smartphone purchases in 2012 is the introduction of a 4g network throughout the uk this in turn will bring a wave of new handsets that will make the current crop look rather sluggish and outdated, and the technology minded Smartphone buyers may not wish to get themselves bogged down with a 2 year contract on a phone that is going to end up severely outdated.

Whatever the reasons many experts seem to think that 2012 is going to bring some big changes in the mobile phone industry and the growing popularity and fantastic valued offered by many of the sim only contracts currently available is definitely playing its part in bringing about this change.