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A recent report from Canalys touted Android as the top smartphone platform in Q4 2010, but a new report from Gartner disputes that claim.
According to Gartner, Symbian barely edged out Android in the fourth quarter with the help of Symbian-based products by Fujitsu and Sharp, and legacy products from Sony Ericsson and Samsung.
The trend, however, is clear in both reports. According to Gartner, Android grew 888.8 percent in 2010 with 67 million units sold, which made it the number-two smartphone platform. Nokia’s Symbian is still in first place with 111.6 million units sold in 2010, but it’s not growing fast enough to keep up with the exploding smartphone market, which is why it dropped from 46.9% market share in 2009 to 37.6% in 2010.
Another winner besides Android in 2010 was Apple’s iOS, which nearly caught up with RIM’s BlackBerry OS, with 15.7% market share and 46.6 million units sold compared to RIM’s 16% share and 47.5 million units sold.
With 4.2% market share in 2010, Microsoft is still tiny compared to its competitors, but with Nokia on its side, it might become a formidable player in the smartphone market. However (and if Nokia really plans to team up with Microsoft and switch to Windows Phone 7), many questions remain unanswered. For a huge company such as Nokia switching to yet another smartphone platform will likely be a painful process, and it might take months or even years before we see the results of Nokia’s change in strategy.
One thing is certain: the table above will change dramatically by the end of 2011.
Gartner’s report is available here.
A recent report from Canalys touted Android as the top smartphone platform in Q4 2010, but a new report from Gartner disputes that claim.According to Gartner, Symbian barely edged out Android in the fourth quarter with the help of Symbian-based products by Fujitsu and Sharp, and legacy products from Sony Ericsson and Samsung.
The trend, however, is clear in both reports. According to Gartner, Android grew 888.8 percent in 2010 with 67 million units sold, which made it the number-two smartphone platform. Nokia’s Symbian is still in first place with 111.6 million units sold in 2010, but it’s not growing fast enough to keep up with the exploding smartphone market, which is why it dropped from 46.9% market share in 2009 to 37.6% in 2010.
Another winner besides Android in 2010 was Apple’s iOS, which nearly caught up with RIM’s BlackBerry OS, with 15.7% market share and 46.6 million units sold compared to RIM’s 16% share and 47.5 million units sold.
With 4.2% market share in 2010, Microsoft is still tiny compared to its competitors, but with Nokia on its side, it might become a formidable player in the smartphone market. However (and if Nokia really plans to team up with Microsoft and switch to Windows Phone 7), many questions remain unanswered. For a huge company such as Nokia switching to yet another smartphone platform will likely be a painful process, and it might take months or even years before we see the results of Nokia’s change in strategy.
One thing is certain: the table above will change dramatically by the end of 2011.
Gartner’s report is available here.
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