1. Nokia, 2. BlackBerry, 3. iPhone
Slows, but continues, the growth of the smartphone market in the world. Nokia loses strokes but remains inaccessible and Apple with its iPhone rises to third place behind Research in Motion, the Canadian manufacturer of BlackBerry.
The number of models sold in the third quarter of 2008 rose only 11, 5% over the same period last year. It would be a most flattering if that was not the lowest growth rate recorded by smartphone since Gartner began tracking this specific area in between the PC and mobile phones.
However, despite the braking caused by the global economic crisis, for the quarter between July and September were sold a total 36.5 million smart phones, the 42.4% of which have the Nokia brand. Sidereal detachment from competitors: Rim with its BlackBerry is second with 15.9% market share and Apple with the iPhone third with 12.9%.
In comparison with the same period last year, Nokia says that haul of 3.1%, while salt dell’81 Rim, 7% and Apple takes off with a leap of 327.5% increase justified after the market the July 10, dell’iPhone 3G in three months that was sold 4.72 million copies.
The list is repeated in the first three places including the operating systems: Symbian (which serves Nokia model with some Samsung and LG) dominates the market with 49.8%. In second place the system of Rim / BlackBerry with 15.9% and third (with 12.9%) The MacOS Apple / iPhone. The significant role that Windows Mobile has only 11% while the remaining 10.3% is split between Linux, PalmOS and a few others.
December 5th, 2008 at 02:55
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