Mobile sound sale floundered during the second quartern , in the wake of the seism in Japan . But smartphone sale uphold to grow , as Android pass its atomic number 82 in the operating system race , according to market research company Gartner .
Overall cut-rate sale of mobile gimmick to end users totalled 428.7 million units in the 2nd quartern of 2011 , a 16.5 percentage increase compared to the same period in 2010 , but a 4.4 per centum decrease from the late quarter , as the handiness of constituent was affected by the temblor in Japan .
Smartphone sales develop from 100.8 million to 107.7 million units consecutive , and were up 74 percent year - on - class . The segment now report for 25 percentage of overall sale .
But all is not well . substitute sales in Western Europe show augury of fatigue as smartphone sales decline quarter - on - quarter , partly due to declining consumer self-confidence in the face of larger economical worries , harmonise to Roberta Cozza , main research psychoanalyst at Gartner .
Google and Apple continue to be the heavy winner in the smartphone ecosystem . The combined portion of Android and Io about doubled to 61.6 percent in the second quarter of 2011 compared to the same geological period last year .
marketer sold 46.8 million smartphones based on Google ’s embattled operating system , give it a 43.4 percent market part . That compare to 10.7 million units and a market parcel of 17.2 pct in the 2nd quarter of 2010 . Android ’s pencil lead over second place Symbian is now about 23 million units , up from almost 10 million during the first three months of 2011 . Symbian ’s market parcel is now 22.1 percent .
Again , Apple and iOS surpass expectations , even though the iPhone 4 will soon be replaced by a newfangled model , concord to Gartner . Sales were helped by the 42 Modern postman and 15 new land that Apple entered in the 2nd quarter of 2011 , which brought its total coverage to 100 countries , Gartner wrote .
Apple cover to be the fourth largest speech sound maker overall , the identification number two smartphone maker and its Io the third largest smartphone operating system . It sell 19.6 million phones , help the company ’s market share to grow from 2.4 percent to 4.6 percent year - on - class . In the operating system race among smartphones , iOS now has 18.2 percent market share , compare to 14.1 percent in the second quarter 2010 .
Apple still has some oeuvre to do if the company want to become the third declamatory phone maker in the world . The current number three , LG Electronics , sold 24.4 million unit , about 5 million fewer class - on - year .
Partners Nokia and Microsoft are both struggling . Nokia is still the biggest phone and smartphone shaper , accord to Gartner ’s number . The ship’s company sold 97.9 million phones , compared to 111.5 million in the 2nd twenty-five percent of 2010 . That meant its market share dropped from 30.3 percent to 22.8 percent . Nokia ’s phone number were help by a sale channel that worked hard to move its gunstock of the company ’s phones , in part by cutting prices on older models , accord to Gartner .
The sales of smartphones based Windows Phone , which Nokia is betting its future on , is not take off . sale during the first three months totalled just 1.6 million units , and during the second quarter sales event dropped slightly , harmonise to Gartner , which did n’t break out the literal sales number .
“ Even if Nokia launches a twist by the remainder of the twelvemonth , we do n’t expect a turnaround for this platform until second half of 2012 , ” said Cozza .
Windows Phone also dropped behind Bada , which is now the fifth largest smartphone operating organization .
Bada ’s inventor Samsung had a secure 2nd quarter . sale grow from 65.3 million to 69.8 million yr - on - year , which help it shut down in on Nokia in the top billet . Samsung also became the third - largest smartphone trafficker , heading past Research In Motion ( RIM ) . However , the society ’s overall share dribble year - on - year , mainly due to its weaker presence in more terms - tender grocery segment , according to Gartner .
Besides Nokia and Microsoft , Research In Motion is also struggle .
RIM did n’t just drop one spot down to fourth in the smartphone ranking . It also strike down to the sixth spot in the overall sale rank . ZTE is now the fifth big earpiece maker in the world , according to Gartner . RIM may have increased its sales by about 1 million units to 12.7 million , but ZTE grew its sale from 6.7 million to 13.1 million social unit .
“ ZTE did well with feature phones in emerging market , but its success also shows the originate importance of Android in the downcast death , ” said Cozza .
Gartner ’s top 10 list of largest phones maker , enumerate unit sold to end users , is round out by HTC , Motorola , Huawei and Sony Ericsson .
The market research companionship now gestate the overall market to increase by about 12 percentage . When reporting on the first twenty-five percent , Gartner suppose it expect sales to decrease , but growing sales in some emerging markets give it a more positive outlook , accord to Cozza .
