Gartner in the U.S. local time March 11, 2009 announced the worldwide smart phone market survey. The results showed that the fourth quarter 2008 shipments of 38.14 million, an increase of 3.7% over the same period the previous year. The fourth quarter of smart phones in the mobile battery market as a whole the proportion of 12% over the same period last year 11% of the slightly expanded.
By manufacturers, although the Nokia still top, but the supply capacity of 15.56 million, 16.8% less than the same period last year. The reason is that, in the company’s high-end product “Nseries” gradually lose the attractiveness of a situation, with the increasingly fierce competition from other companies. Second place for the Canadian Research In Motion (RIM), an increase of 84.9% over the same dell d5318 period the previous year, shipments of 7.44 million. Third place for the U.S. apple, an increase of 111.6 percent, shipments of 4.07 million. In addition, South Korea’s Samsung’s supply increased 138% compared with a year earlier, the first time among the top five.
By OS perspective, Symbian’s shipments of 17.94 million, although the first to keep the throne, but the reduction of 21.6% over the same period the previous year. The market share of 62.3% from a year earlier, sharply down to 47.1%. The reason is the advent of the new platform by Nokia smart phone shipments in Japan of the reduction and the impacts of mobile products market downturn. Second place for the RIM, shipments of 7.44 million, the dell 75uyf market share of 19.5%, third place for the Windows Mobile, supply capacity of 4.71 million, accounted for 12.4%. In addition, Gartner speculated that the U.S. Google’s mobile development platform “Android” in the Linux share of about 20%.
2008 full year shipments of 100 million 39.28 million, an increase of 13.9%. According to manufacturer point of view, among the first manufacturers is increased by 0.8% over the previous year’s Nokia, the second is an increase of 96.7% of RIM, the inspiron e1505 third is a rapid increase 245.7 percent year on year apple.
Research director Roberta Cozza, the inspiron 6400 battery , inspiron e1505 battery ,dell kd476 company predicted, “in 2009 the role of mobile platforms and user experience will be further attention, the competition will become more intense.”