target audience: TECH SUPPLIER  Publication date: Nov 2024 - Document type: Taxonomy - Doc  Document number: # US52695924

IDC’s Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker Taxonomy, 2024: Update, 3Q24

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  • Ryan Reith Loading
  • Nabila Popal Loading
  • Polly Chan Loading
  • Simon Baker Loading
  • Francisco Jeronimo Loading
  • Kiranjeet Kaur Loading
  • Natalia Milko Loading
  • Anthony Scarsella Loading
  • Will Wong Loading
  • Ramazan Yavuz Loading
  • Masafumi Inbe Loading
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  • IDC’s Worldwide Mobile Phone Taxonomy

    • Figure: Mobile Phone Primary Segments

  • Mobile Phone Taxonomy Changes for 2024

  • Taxonomy Overview

  • Definitions

    • Mobile Phone Taxonomy

    • Mobile Phone

    • Product Category

    • Feature Phone

    • Smartphone

    • Product/Product Detail

    • Brand

    • Vendor

    • Company

    • Technology Segmentations

    • Air Interface/Generation

    • 5G Devices

    • Secondary Air Interface

    • CDMA Enabled

    • WCDMA Enabled

    • Connectivity

    • Aspect Ratio

    • Application Processor Information

    • AI Classification

    • Biometric Authentication

    • Bluetooth

    • Display Type

    • SIM

    • Form Factor

    • Form Factor Detail

    • GPS

    • Input Method

    • Megapixels Band

    • Multifront Camera

    • Multirear Camera

    • NFC

    • OS

    • OS Variant

    • OS Version

    • Price Band (U.S. Dollars)

    • Primary Memory Card

    • RAM (Gigabytes)

    • RAM Band (Gigabytes)

    • Screen Resolution

    • Screen Size

    • Folded Screen Size

    • Unfolded Screen Size

    • Screen Size Band

    • Smartphone Class

    • Storage (Gigabytes)

    • Storage Band

    • Waterproofing

    • Wireless Charging

    • Table: KaiOS and Smartphone-Only Attributes with a Data Start Date Later than 2007

    • Channel/Channel Group

    • Figure: IDC’s Channel Taxonomy — Direct

    • Figure: IDC’s Channel Taxonomy — Indirect

    • Direct — Internet

    • Direct — Store

    • Direct — Inbound/Outbound

    • Indirect — Dealer/VAR/SI

    • Table: Examples of Dealers/VARs/SIs by Region

    • Indirect — eTailer

    • Table: Examples of eTailers by Region

    • Indirect — Retail

    • Table: Examples of Retailers by Region

    • Indirect — Telco

    • Table: Examples of Telcos by Region

    • Indirect — Retail Internet

    • Table: Examples of Retail Internet by Region

    • Indirect — Telco Internet

    • Table: Examples of Telco Internet by Region

    • Segment/Segment Group

    • Commercial

    • Consumer

    • Geographic Segmentation

    • Table: IDC’s Mobile Phone Segmentation by Geography

    • Table: Countries with a Later Data Start Date than 2007

    • Market Metrics

    • Shipments

    • Sales In, Sales Through, and Sales Out

    • Average Selling Price

    • Value (or Shipment Value)

    • Installed Base

    • Exchange Rates

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    • Methodology

    • Synopsis