One day somebody will write the book called “The rise as well as rise of Android” and this impulse will be highlighted in bold. Canalys’ latest smartphone sales figures uncover that Android phone makers managed to change a cool 33.3 million handsets in the last quarter — more than any other smartphone height out there, together with the previous personality, Symbian, which sold 31 million units. That’s a strong leap from the 20.3 million Android inclination the stats agency estimates were sold in Q3 2010. Symbian itself grew from 29.9m in Q3 to 31m in Q4, but Android’s gait of enlargement has been so fast as to have which irrelevant.
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– Canalys reveals smart phone marketplace exceeded 100 million units in Q4 2010

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Canalys today published the final Q4 2010 large-scale country-level smart phone marketplace interpretation, that suggested that Google’s Android has turn a leading platform. Shipments of Android-based intelligent phones reached 32.9 million, while devices running Nokia’s Symbian height trailed slightly at 31.0 million worldwide. But Nokia did retain its position as the heading large-scale intelligent phone businessman, with the share of 28%. The fourth entertain additionally saw a worldwide intelligent phone marketplace continue to soar, with shipments of 101.2 million units representing year-on-year growth of 89%. The final entertain took shipments for a year to incompletely next 300 million units, with an annual expansion rate of 80% over 2009 (see list next.

In Q4 2010, volumes of Google OS-based intelligent phones (Android, OMS as well as Tapas) were again boosted by strong performances from a series of vendors, particularly LG, Samsung, Acer as well as HTC, whose volumes across these platforms grew 4,127%, 1,474%, 709% and 371% respectively year-on-year. HTC as well as Samsung together accounted for scarcely 45% of Google OS-based handset shipments.

’2010 has been the illusory year for the smart phone marketplace. After a formidable 2009, the speed with that the marketplace has recovered has required real commitment as well as creation from vendors as well as they have risen to the challenge,’ said Canalys VP and Principal Analyst Chris Jones. ‘But vendors cannot means to be complacent. 2011 is set to be the rarely competitive year with vendors looking to make use of brand new technology, such as dual-core processors, NFC and 3D displays, to differentiate their products as well as say worth.’

At the regional level, Europe, a Middle East as well as Africa (EMEA) remained a largest marketplace, with shipments totalling 38.8 million and the year-on-year growth rate of 90%. Nokia one after another to lead in EMEA as well as Asia Pacific, but in 2010 it was overtaken by RIM in Latin America, which shipped over a million some-more units than Nokia in Q4 2010. The vendor was quite helped by the popularity of its mid-range smart phones, such as the Curve family of inclination.

The United States one after another the reign as the largest country marketplace in terms of shipments, at some-more than dual a distance of a Chinese intelligent phone marketplace. EDGE recaptured initial place from Apple, as a latter experienced the common US anniversary dip, and EDGE benefited from a initial full entertain of shipments for a BlackBerry Torch. HTC successfully confirmed the third-place ranking in the US for a third consecutive quarter, driven by its speed to market with a latest Android updates and new Windows Phone 7 devices.

‘The US landscape will change dramatically this coming year, as the outcome of the Verizon-Apple agreement,’ pronounced Canalys Analyst Tim Shepherd. ‘Verizon will move its focus divided from a Droid operation, but the overall market stroke will meant reduction carrier-exclusive deals, whilst augmenting the AT&T event for Android vendors, such as HTC, Motorola as well as Samsung.’ Android was by distant the largest intelligent phone height in the US market in Q4 2010, with shipments of 12.1 million units – scarcely 3 times those of RIM’s BlackBerry inclination. Windows Phone 7 devices appeared as well late in the entertain to take full value of holiday deteriorate purchasing. As a result, Microsoft lost share in a United States, from 8% in Q4 2009 to 5% in Q4 2010.

Analysis of the published country-level interpretation shows which, around the world, the strength of intelligent phone performances remained different. In South Korea, for e.g., shipments grew from underneath 700,000 units in Q4 2009 to just under 3.4 million units in Q4 2010, creation a nation the top 10 market. In Japan, Android shipments have taken off over a past year, with nearly 1.4 million units shipping from internal as good as general vendors, such as HTC. More Japanese vendors have also voiced intentions to launch Android inclination in 2011, such as NEC Casio and Panasonic. Under vigor from Huawei and Samsung in sold, Nokia’s share in China slipped to 56%, down from 76% a year ago, notwithstanding growing the volume in the nation by over 70% in a same period. Albeit from the not as big base, the Chinese market grew 134% year-on-year, particularly faster than a US marketplace, that grew at 64% in a entertain.

Canalys analysts in Asia Pacific, a Americas and EMEA have been available for press interviews on topics related to mobile inclination as well as a flourishing ecosystem for mobile applications as well as services. There will additionally be the poignant Canalys researcher presence during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from 14 to 17 February. To arrange an talk, gratefully send the request to [email protected]. Photos as well as bios of analysts are accessible from the Canalys web site.

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