Analyzing the world's handset launches from October

Research firm Strategy Analytics tracks and ranks every handset announced by every manufacturer across the globe. The firm evaluates the specifications of each of those handsets to derive engineering trends in the space, from battery capacity to weight to screen size.

The firm issues a monthly report on these handset design trends. Thanks to a teaming between Strategy Analytics and FierceWireless, we'll bring you some key figures from that report. (See the September 2009 report and the November 2009 report, and in 2010 see the January report, the February report, the March report, the May report, the June report, the August report and the September report.)

During October, another 56 new handsets were announced globally by the world's handset vendors.

See this chart for details:

And here's a list of all the handsets detailed by Strategy Analytics during the month of September (where specs are known):

USB Dongle:

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