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From: sylvester80

2/14/2013 12:07:12 AM

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Android Solidifies Smartphone Market Share
2/13/2013 @ 12:02PM |4,213 views
forbes.com

Gartner estimates that smartphones captured 44% of all mobile phone sales in the December 2012 quarter with Android smartphones taking 31% of all mobile phone shipments and iOS in second place at 9%. Android smartphones grew 88% year over year with iOS at 23%. Blackberry and Symbian ( Nokia) were the big losers with 44% and 85% declines year over year, respectively. Android’s market share benefits by having lower priced smartphones but does showcase its leading position. From a profit perspective Apple and Samsung take the lions share if not all of the profits in the smartphone segment.

Smartphones			4Q	4Q ’11	4Q ’12
(mil. phones)	4Q11	4Q12	Yr/Yr	Share	Share
Android	77.1	144.7	88%	51%	70%
iOS	35.5	43.5	23%	24%	21%
Blackberry	13.2	7.3	(44)%	9%	4%
Microsoft	2.8	6.2	124%	2%	3%
Bada	3.1	2.7	(14)%	2%	1%
Symbian	17.5	2.6	(85)%	12%	1%
Others	1.2	0.7	(39)%	1%	0%
Total	150.2	207.7	38%	100%	100%

Samsung Dominates Android Devices

Chuck JonesContributor
Source: Gartner (February 2013)

There will be a heated battle in 2013 as Blackberry and Microsoft try to become the third viable platform for smartphones. The following table calculates the share of smartphones to total mobile phone sales. Android’s 144.7 million smartphones sold in the fourth quarter were 31% of total mobile phone shipments of 472.1 million.

Smartphone share	4Q11	4Q12
Android	16%	31%
iOS	7%	9%
Blackberry	3%	2%
Microsoft	1%	1%
Bada	1%	1%
Symbian	4%	1%
Others	0%	0%
Total	31%	44%

Source: Gartner (February 2013)

Total mobile phone shipments declined by 1% year over year in the fourth quarter. There looks like there will be a heated race between the fourth (ZTE) to ninth place (Motorola) vendors to see who can break from the pack over the next few quarters.

Mobile phones			4Q	4Q ’11	4Q ’12
(mil. phones)	4Q11	4Q12	Yr/Yr	Share	Share
Samsung	93.8	107.0	14%	20%	23%
Nokia	111.7	85.1	(24)%	23%	18%
Apple	35.5	43.5	23%	7%	9%
ZTE	18.9	16.2	(15)%	4%	3%
LG	16.9	15.0	(12)%	4%	3%
Huawei	14.0	13.7	(2)%	3%	3%
TCL	10.7	11.1	4%	2%	2%
Lenovo	5.2	8.3	60%	1%	2%
Sony	8.9	7.9	(11)%	2%	2%
Motorola	10.1	7.8	(22)%	2%	2%
Others	152.0	156.6	3%	32%	33%
Total	477.7	472.1	(1)%	100%	100%

Source: Gartner (February 2013)

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