subject: IDC: smartphone shipments in the third quarter, nearly 90% year on year surge [print this page] IDC: smartphone shipments in the third quarter, nearly 90% year on year surge
According to foreign media reports, market research firm IDC, as consumers flock to Nokia, Apple and RIM smart phone, in the third quarter of the global smart phone shipments increased nearly 90%.
IDC released Thursday, "Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Tracking Survey" (Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker) that 7-September, smart phone shipments for the 81.1 million, compared to 42.8 million, an increase of 89.5%. So far this year, shipments of smart phones reached 200.6 million, representing an increase of 119.6 million last year 67.6%.
Apple iPhone and Google Android and other increasingly powerful smart phone market will help stimulate demand. Users only need to sign a monthly subscription service, you can get wireless service operators to heavily subsidized handsets.
IDC said the end of the year, shipments of smart phones is expected to account for the proportion of total mobile phone shipments will exceed 20%, 5% increase over 2009.
The third quarter, Nokia smart phone shipments highest, 26.5 million, the market share of 32.7%; Apple ranked second, iPhone shipments of 14.1 million, share of 17.4%; RIM ranks second from the same period last year fell to Third, the BlackBerry handset shipments 12,400,000, 15.3% share.
Although Nokia and RIM shipments third quarter increased compared with the same period in 2009, but the share has declined; AppleiPhone shipments in the third quarter, double the same period last year, but market share increased slightly.
Samsung's smart phone shipments in the third quarter of last year's 1.3 million increase to 7.2 million; HTC smart phone shipments increased by the 2.1 million to 5.8 million.shipments of smart phones reached 200.6 million, representing an increase of 119.6 million last year 67.6%.
