As we all know, Android is on the rise. People want it, people demand it, they sometimes even beg carriers and manufacturers for it, and this trend did nothing but good for Carphone Warehouse.
Carphone has announced a 3.7% jump in sales, up to £794m, in the last quarter. When interviewed after the statement’s release, Roger Taylor, CEO for the company, said “this time a year ago we would have been saying that the smartphone demand was mainly for the iPhone and the BlackBerry, but we’ve seen a real advent of Android in the last three to six months.”
Once again, as was the story for Sony Ericsson (and others), Android has come to the aid of a company, and brought with it a large briefcase full of demanded sales. As a direct result of Carphone Warehouse’s overage in sales – 1.7% higher than analyst expectations – company shares also rose over 6.7%.
[via Guardian]
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