With the famous elision of Apple ’s iPhone , smartphone shipments dippedin the first quarter compared with the former twenty-five percent — a type of decline that has n’t happen for a couple of years , according to iSuppli .
earpiece makers send 97.2 million phones in the first fourth , down 1.5 percent from the 98.7 million ship in the fourth quarter . Though many electronics merchandise confront a falling off early in the yr following holiday sales in the fourth quarter , smartphones have n’t experienced such a decline since the beginning of 2009 , iSuppli said .
Nokia and Motorola drove the consignment decline . Nokia shipments were down 14.5 percent sequentially , and Motorola shipments were down 16.3 percent . Nokia ’s late announced tie - up with Microsoft drove down its shipments , iSuppli analyst Tina Teng said . “ With the announcement of the deal , Nokia eliminated the motivator for consumers to buy its existing smartphone products , which are based on its Symbian and MeeGo operating systems . Meanwhile , the Microsoft trade is unlikely to yield any mathematical product for virtually one year , ” she wrote in a sum-up of the story .
Troubles at Motorola , as well as slowing growth at Samsung and HTC , stem from the iPhone ’s availability on Verizon ’s connection , she said .
Despite the declines at Motorola and Nokia , Teng said the rock-bottom overall shipments are the result of armory control efforts rather than weakening consumer need . ISuppli cover to carry 60 percent growth in worldwide smartphone freight for the full year 2011 .
Apple stand out for its growth in a market that declined overall , she said . Its 14.9 percentage development put it just 5.7 per centum point behind Nokia , liken with 12.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010 , iSuppli encounter . Last month , Apple order it sell 18.65 million iPhones from January to March , a quarterly gross sales platter for the company .
Research In Motion ’s shipments were up 4.2 percentage in the first quarter compare with the 4th . But it still lose ground to Apple . In the first quarter , RIM was 4 percentage power point behind Apple in terms of shipments , compare with 2.1 points in the quaternary fourth part .
