Mobile phone prices continue to decline

Although the prices of high-end mobile phones are rising, the average prices of mobile phones continue to decline.

According to the NDP Group report, the average price of mobile phones in the U.S. market ASP dropped from $88 in Q3 2008 to $85 in Q3 2009, a decrease of 3 percentage points.

 

According to the NPD Group, buy-one-get-one (bogo) offers and other price
Functions on smartphones led to a 3 percent decline in average prices in
Third Quarter (Q3) of 2009. The overall average purchase price for mobile phones
In the USA fell to US $85, which is down from US $88 in Q3 2008. Smartphone Unit
Share held steady against feature phones; 28 percent of handset sales were
Smartphones last quarter.