Do you have data more up-to-date than May 2010 (about 6 weeks old)? Because as of May 19th, 2010 the Gartner Group survey says that Symbian has 44% of the Smartphone market.
Facts usually trump "what if" articles for most people...
Nokia's share of the total Western European phone market is plunging fast, IDC found today. The company fell from 39 percent in early 2009 to just 32.8 percent this year with 14 million phones. Its drop was severe enough that Samsung could overtake it in the near future, as its own share grew from 26.8 percent a year ago to 29.3 percent now.
Apple was the fastest riser, however, and grew more than twice as large to jump from just 2.3 percent at the start of 2009 to take exactly seven percent, with an estimated three million iPhones reaching Europe. LG (9.6 percent) and BlackBerry creator RIM (5.6 percent) also saw growth, while Sony Ericsson's new emphasis on smartphones saw it drop from 14.9 percent to 8.7 percent.
Nokia's situation only appeared worse when comparing just the smartphone market. Its share tumbled from 57.1 percent to 40.8 percent, where Apple is now the second-strongest smartphone producer and jumped from 11.7 percent to exactly 25 percent. RIM has slipped to third place even as it grew from 14.3 percent to 20 percent. Android helped HTC and Motorola grow to 7.5 and 1.7 percent each, but Samsung here was ultimately on the decline as it share was cut by more than half to 2.5 percent. Sony Ericsson didn't rank in the top shares.
The fall of Nokia is steeper than estimated by comScore and, if fully representative, would now make the company's rekindled smartphone efforts more important than ever. It expects disappointing sales for the just-ended spring quarter just as Apple may have record results.
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HTC guns for Apple iPhone with Android as Asia-Pacific smartphone wars begin
Apple is Taiwan’s second-largest smartphone vendor, behind Nokia, with 27 percent of the local market, research from GfK reveals -- even as local manufacturer, HTC, reveals its plan to take on Apple more directly. In the first quarter of 2010, Apple and HTC's shares of the smartphone market worldwide were 15.9% and 5.1%, respectively, according to research firm Canalys as cited by Digitimes. HTC is aiming to shift 24 million smartphones in 2010, aiming to capture 10 percent of the global market, the story goes. Apple meanwhile shipped 40 million iPhones last year. HTC is hoping that its multiple models at multiple prices strategy will help it seize share around Apple, it also believes carriers will find its products more profitable. There’s also HTC’s championing of Android to consider, Jack Tong, vice-president of HTC Asia, said that in many Asia-Pacific countries, HTC and Apple's market shares are about the same. He’s hoping his company’s offer of Android-based smartphones may clinch some sales.
In terms of manufacturer share, the report found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 22.4 percent market share. LG ranked second with 21.5 percent share, followed by Motorola (21.2 percent share), RIM (8.7 percent share, up 0.5 percentage point) and Nokia (8.1 percent share).
For the three month period from March to May, comScore reports that 234 million Americans age 13 and older used mobile devices. Across the board, comScore’s numbers show mobile phone users in the U.S. are interacting more with their phones. In terms of actions, 65.2 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers used text messaging on their mobile device in May, up 1.4 percent versus the prior three month period. Mobile browsing also increased to 31.9 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers (up 2.3 percentage points). Subscribers who used downloaded applications comprised 30.0 percent of the mobile audience, representing an increase of 2.1 percentage points from the previous period. Accessing of social networking sites or blogs also saw growth, increasing 2.6 percentage points to 20.8 percent of mobile subscribers.
While Android smartphones were the only type of phone to see a gain in market share for the three month period, the platform is still way behind Apple’s mobile user base. Android still has a ways to go in terms of market share before it can be seen as a major competitor to Apple, but it is nice to see that the platform is slowly gaining a larger user base.