Samsung is not only now the world’s largest handset vendor but it is also the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer. Market research firm IDC has published its analysis for the first quarter of 2012 and the results should come as no surprise. The smartphone market grew an impressive 42.5% over the same quarter a year ago. 144.9 million smartphones were shipped […]
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Samsung becomes world’s largest handset vendor in Q1 2012
As widely expected, Nokia has been dethroned as the world’s largest handset vendor. Global handset shipments in the first quarter of 2012 reached 368 million units with Samsung, the new leader, grabbing a 25% marketshare, according to market research firm Strategy Analytics. According to Neil Mawston, Executive Director at Strategy Analytics: “Nokia’s global handset shipments declined a huge 24 percent […]
Canadians sent 78 billion texts in 2011
It may be too soon to say that the love affair with SMS is over – at least in Canada. According to the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, Canadians sent about 78 billion text messages in 2011. That averages out to 2,500 per second. It is also an impressive near 40% increase over the 56.4 billion messages sent in 2010. Canadians […]
Android and iOS account for over 80% of U.S. smartphone market
The latest comScore numbers show that Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating systems continued to dominate the U.S. smartphone market. Together they now account for over 80% of the market with Android owning over half the market by itself for the time in its history (a 17% increase in the past year). More than 104 million people owned smartphones at […]
Android to eclipse Windows for smart connected devices by 2016
The latest IDC report suggests that Android will surpass Windows as the dominant operating system for all smart connected devices (which includes PCs, media tablets and smartphones) by 2016. Combined shipments of this class of devices reached 916 million units in 2011 and is expected to climb to 1.84 billion units by 2016. “Whether it’s consumers looking for a phone […]
Apple iPhone ousts RIM BlackBerry as Canada’s top smartphone
While Research In Motion has steadily been losing top smartphone manufacturer claims in markets across the world, the BlackBerry remained the top smartphone in here in Canada perhaps due to our loyalty to the Canadian company. But desipte remaining on top, its market share has been sliding. Bloomberg now reports that the slide shows no signs of stopping and Research […]
Nokia top Windows Phone vendor in Q4 2011
Research firm Strategy Analytics reported today that global Windows Phone device shipments to 2.7 million units in Q4 2011. This represents a 36 percent sequential growth over the previous quarter. Nokia, which only entered the market in Q4, had a successful debut. It shot up to the top of the Windows Phone vendors with a 33% market share. According to […]
Global smartphone shipments exceed PC shipments for the first time ever
According to market research firm Canalys, worldwide smartphone shipments for the first time exceeded PC shipments (including tablets or pads as Canalys calls them) in 2011. While smartphone shipments grew to 487.7 million (up 63% over the previous year), the PC market grew 15% to 414.6 million units with tablets accounting for 15% of shipments. “In 2011 we saw a […]