Articles tagged with: Nokia and Sony Ericsson

Apple Became Top Smartphone Vendor in Q4 2011 and in 2011 as a Whole

Worldwide smartphone sales to end users soared to 149 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, a 47.3 per cent increase from the fourth quarter of 2010, according to Gartner.  more

Related Tags: apple, lg, zte, huawei, motorola, samsung, lumia, lumia-710


Sales of Mobile Devices in Second Quarter of 2011 Grew 16.5% Year-on-Year

­Worldwide sales of mobile devices to end users totaled 428.7 million units in the second quarter of 2011, a 16.5 percent increase from the second quarter of 2010, according to Gartner. more

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Nokia Phone Sales Have Slipped to a Level Not Seen Since 1999

­According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global handset shipments grew 13 percent annually to reach 361 million units in the second quarter of 2011.  more

Related Tags: apple, motorola, samsung, rim, lg, 2g


Sony Ericsson Hires Nokia Exec to Head its Operations

­Sony Ericsson has tapped a former nokia exec as its Corporate Vice President and Head of Operations. Tommi Laine-Ylijoki, who spent 17 years at nokia will report to President and CEO Bert Nordberg.  more

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Apple, Samsung and HTC See Strongest Results in an Increasingly Smartphone-Dominated Market

­Worldwide mobile communication device sales to end users totaled 427.8 million units in the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 19 percent from the first quarter of 2010, according to Gartner. Smartphones continued to outpace the rest of the market, and a newly competitive mid-tier smartphone market will drive smartphones into mass adoption and accelerate this trend.  more

Related Tags: samsung, htc, motorola, blackberry, windows-phone, galaxy, cloud, qnx, feature-phones, feature-phones


Apple Defies Decline in Smart Phone Market, Posts Best Growth Among Top Brands in Q1

Bucking a rare downturn in the burgeoning smart phone business, Apple Inc. in the first quarter achieved double-digit-percentage growth in iPhone shipments and posted the best performance among the Top 5 competitors, new IHS iSuppli research reveals.  more

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Apple Comes 5th in USA Mobile Phone Brand Rankings

As mobile networks engage in a very public ad campaign war, Verizon has been named the Mobile Networks Brand of the Year among consumers according to the 2011 Harris Poll EquiTrend study. In the Mobile Networks category, Verizon is highest ranked for the second-year running over archrival AT&T.  more

Related Tags: motorola, apple, htc, verizon, USA


Android Explodes in Western Europe - Becomes the Biggest Smartphone OS in 4Q10

The Western European mobile phone market grew 3.2% year-on-year to 58.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker. ­Shipments of smartphones increased to 25.6 million units, 99.4% higher than in 4Q09, to represent 44% of total shipments. Feature phone shipments declined to 33.1 million units 24.8% down compared with the previous year.  more

Related Tags: android, apple-iphone, rim, motorola, europe, galaxy, ios, windows-phone, feature-phones


Nokia Dominates its Home Market - Three-Quarters of Finns Own a Nokia Phone

­According to a recent survey by Finnish mobile network, DNA and nokia, only half of Finns actively use all the features of their smartphones. In addition to calling and text messaging, phones are mostly used as a calendar and for taking pictures. more

Related Tags: dna, samsung, zte, apple, Finland


Samsung Retains Top Spot in US Handset Sales Chart

­Samsung is the most popular handset manufacturer amongst US consumers, according to the latest report from comScore - with an overall with 24.5 percent market share, while RIM led among smartphone platforms with 33.5 percent market share. The report covers the three month average period ending November 2010.  more

Related Tags: samsung, lg, blackberry, apple-iphone, htc, USA


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