|
|
Articles tagged with: Samsung and Smartphones
Samsung and Apple Take 90% of Smartphone Profits with Just 55% Market Share
Although smartphone shipments grew 41% year-over-year to 144.6 million as of the quarter ending March 2012, many smartphone OEMs are not enjoying the benefits of a rapidly expanding market. samsung and Apple captured 55% of global smartphone shipments in 1Q'2012 and over 90% of the market's profits. The question remains: can anyone break away to become a strong third in this market? more
Related Tags: apple
China overtakes USA as the largest smartphone market
.. the lead. Canalys estimates its smart phone share in China stood at 22% in Q1. 'samsung expanded its smart phone business substantially through its existing mobile phone channels. Its wide range of localized devices helped increase uptake acro more
Related Tags: zte, huawei, nokia, apple, China
Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments Down by 15.8% in First Quarter
The worldwide mobile phone market began 2009 with an expected sequential downturn, exacerbated by the challenges of the ongoing worldwide recession. According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 244.8 million units in the first quarter of 2009 (1Q09), approximately 15.8% lower than the 290.8 million units shipped during 1Q08. The first quarter of a new year is typically characterized by seasonally lower shipment volumes following a busy holiday quarter with channels clearing out excess inventory. But the 1Q09 decline was especially sharp due to weak end-user demand, currency volatility, and lack of credit for merchants as consumers and the supply chain adapt to the recession. more
Related Tags: motorola, idc, nokia, lg, sony-ericsson, ericsson, ovi, driving, rural, sony, sharp, oem, sanjay-jha, pace, africa, feature-phones
Korean Handset Manufacturers Targetting 50% of US Market in 2009
South Korean mobile phone manufacturers are expected to take a 50% stake in the US handset market this year, according to Taiwanese market sources cited by DigiTimes. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, smartphone, driving, tim, cdma, gartner, blackberry, rim, blackberry-storm, storm,
Smartphone sales buck the recession
A report by Infonetics Research is forecasting an 8% drop in the total number of mobile phones sold in 2009, to 1.1 billion worldwide (down from 1.2 billion in 2008), in line with predictions from Nokia, among others. Smartphones were the best-performing segment of the mobile phones market in 2008 and the only segment to show unit and revenue growth in the second half of the year as the world economy entered recession. more
Related Tags: android, nokia, iphone, smartphone, wimax, motorola, eu, w-cdma, ict, tim, cdma, hspa, ericsson, lg, infonetics-research, symbian, open-source, wimax,, gsm, operating-system, nokia,, os, apps
Smartphone Market Share Increased Rapidly Worldwide According to AdMob
Mobile advertising agency, AdMob has reported that despite challenging economic conditions, smartphones continued to gain significant market share worldwide over the past six months, rising from 26 percent to 33 percent of hits to its adserver platform in February 2009. more
Related Tags: android, windows-mobile, nokia, iphone, smartphone, wind, verizon, palm, htc, blackberry, rim, htc-dream, admob, blackberry-storm, touchscreen, symbian, sprint, operating-system, windows, storm, os
Advanced Mobile Services Attract "Media Techies" and Others
Defying the conventional wisdom that consumers in emerging markets simply want "no-frills" devices and services, Strategy Analytics has identified sizable numbers of users who want advanced products - and are willing to pay for them. A new report from the Emerging Markets Communications Strategies (EMCS) program, "Emerging Markets Consumer Segmentation," is based on analysis of mobile phone users in eight Asian and African countries. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, nokia, sim, analytics, smartphone, motorola, mvno, strategy-analytics, ericsson, sony, motorola,
Mobile Internet Becoming A Daily Activity For Many
Analytics firm, comScore has reported that the number of people in the USA using their mobile device to access news and information on the Internet more than doubled from January 2008 to January 2009. more
Related Tags: iphone, sms, social-networking, analytics, smartphone, comscore, lg, mobile-internet, maps, mobile-web
Nokia Smartphone Sales Fall as RIM, Apple, Samsung Take Market Share
In the fourth quarter of 2008, worldwide sales of smartphones to end users reached 38.1 million units, an increase of 3.7 per cent on the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Global sales of smartphones for 2008 reached 139.3 million devices, up 13.9 per cent compared with 2007. more
Related Tags: android, google, t-mobile, windows-mobile, microsoft, nokia, iphone, smartphone, eu, apple, wind, gartner, htc, rim, touchscreen, sharp, omnia, operating-system, windows, linux, danger, nseries, os, africa
Are Smartphones Immune to the Financial Crisis in Western Europe?
The market for Western European converged mobile devices (commonly referred to as smartphones) experienced a good performance in the last quarter of 2008. According to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 9.3 million units, 25.9% higher than the 7.4 million shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 31.9 million units, 36.1% higher than the 23.5 million units shipped in 2007. more
Related Tags: android, google, t-mobile, 3g, windows-mobile, microsoft, nokia, sim, iphone, smartphone, eu, cisco, cisco, apple, itu, vodafone, gps, ibm, wind, ericsson, idc, lg, htc, blackberry, compete, rim, blackberry-storm, touchscreen, blackberry-bold, oem, omnia, operating-system, windows, storm, wave, os, feature-phones, barcelona
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |