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  Boris Jebsen    Premium Member   Group moderator

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  Canalys: Google’s Android becomes the world’s leading smart phone platform

  Palo Alto, Singapore and Reading (UK) - Monday, 31 January 2011
  
  Canalys today published its final Q4 2010 global country-level smart phone market data, which revealed that Google’s Android has become the leading platform. Shipments of Android-based smart phones reached 32.9 million, while devices running Nokia’s Symbian platform trailed slightly at 31.0 million worldwide. But Nokia did retain its position as the leading global smart phone vendor, with a share of 28%. The fourth quarter also saw the worldwide smart phone market continue to soar, with shipments of 101.2 million units representing year-on-year growth of 89%. The final quarter took shipments for the year to fractionally below 300 million units, with an annual growth rate of 80% over 2009 (see table below).
  
  In Q4 2010, volumes of Google OS-based smart phones (Android, OMS and Tapas) were again boosted by strong performances from a number of vendors, notably LG, Samsung, Acer and HTC, whose volumes across these platforms grew 4,127%, 1,474%, 709% and 371% respectively year-on-year. HTC and Samsung together accounted for nearly 45% of Google OS-based handset shipments.
  
  ‘2010 has been a fantastic year for the smart phone market. After a difficult 2009, the speed with which the market has recovered has required real commitment and innovation from vendors and they have risen to the challenge,’ said Canalys VP and Principal Analyst Chris Jones. ‘But vendors cannot afford to be complacent. 2011 is set to be a highly competitive year with vendors looking to use new technology, such as dual-core processors, NFC and 3D displays, to differentiate their products and maintain value.’ (...)
  
  Source: http://www.canalys.com/pr/2011/r2011013.html
  
  • 31 Jan 2011, 1:08 pm
  Boris Jebsen wrote: > Palo Alto, Singapore and Reading (UK) - Monday, 31 January 2011 > > Canalys today published its final Q4 2010 global country-level smart > phone market data, which revealed that Google’s Android has become > the leading platform. Shipments of Android-based smart phones reached > 32.9 million, while devices running Nokia’s Symbian platform trailed > slightly at 31.0 million worldwide. But Nokia did retain its position > as the leading global smart phone vendor, with a share of 28%. The > fourth quarter also saw the worldwide smart phone market continue to > soar, with shipments of 101.2 million units representing year-on-year > growth of 89%. The final quarter took shipments for the year to > fractionally below 300 million units, with an annual growth rate of > 80% over 2009 (see table below). > > In Q4 2010, volumes of Google OS-based smart phones (Android, OMS and > Tapas) were again boosted by strong performances from a number of > vendors, notably LG, Samsung, Acer and HTC, whose volumes across > these platforms grew 4,127%, 1,474%, 709% and 371% respectively > year-on-year. HTC and Samsung together accounted for nearly 45% of > Google OS-based handset shipments. > > ‘2010 has been a fantastic year for the smart phone market. After a > difficult 2009, the speed with which the market has recovered has > required real commitment and innovation from vendors and they have > risen to the challenge,’ said Canalys VP and Principal Analyst Chris > Jones. ‘But vendors cannot afford to be complacent. 2011 is set to be > a highly competitive year with vendors looking to use new technology, > such as dual-core processors, NFC and 3D displays, to differentiate > their products and maintain value.’ (...) > > Source: http://www.canalys.com/pr/2011/r2011013.html
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  Jens Weller    Premium Member   Group moderator

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  Re: Canalys: Google’s Android becomes the world’s leading smart phone platform

  Not very surprising, but still, even Nokia has a growth of 30%. The Market is still exploding, huge growth, and a bright future.
  
  • 31 Jan 2011, 10:45 pm
  Jens Weller wrote: > Not very surprising, but still, even Nokia has a growth of 30%. The > Market is still exploding, huge growth, and a bright future.