I guess its no more a surprise that Apple in the recent IDC report is the 2nd smartphone global vendor. However, be surprised that Nokia is still on top among the top five vendors.
The figures states that Apple shipped a total of 18.7M of smartphones in the first quarter of 2011. IDC reports that the worldwide smartphone market grew to almost 80% year over year in the first quarter of 2011, driven by a mixture of vendors releasing attractive & anticipated models, availability of older entry level smartphones at a very competitive prices, and sustained end-user demand.
Top vendors like Apple, HTC, Samsung and Nokia shipped a total of 99l6M of smartphones in 1Q11.
The top five worldwide vendors
Nokia – surprisingly, they kept it to the top still selling Symbian-powered smartphones remained strong within its traditionally strongest markets of EMEA and Asia/Pacific, and the company continues to announce more devices running on Symbian, including the E6 and the X7
Apple reached a new record shipment volume in a single quarter, and make it closer to market leader Nokia. Moreover, Apple expanded its market in Korea & in the middle east by enlisting South Korean Telecom and Saudi Telecom as carrier providers of the iPhone Locally, Apple’s iPhone is exclusively available from Globe Telecom.
Research In Motion (RIM) the maker of Blackberry phones remained solidly in third place from the previous quarter, as the company grew its presence outside of its home territory of North America. RIM has launched several 3G devices to the market.
Samsung which I call the new Nokia in the Philippines. (In the 90s’ you will see 90% of mobile phone users has Nokia) posted the largest gain of any other vendor on the list. Their strategy – manufacture a multiple models with multi-operating system.
And finally, HTC (this has been so aggressive in the market recently) posted yet another record shipment volume, they almost surpass the ten million unit mark for the first time.
Here’s the table showing the figures of 1Q11 shipment.
| Vendor | 2001-Q1 Shipments | 2001-Q1 Market Share | 1Q10 Shipments | 1Q10 Market Share | 1Q11/1Q10 Change |
| Nokia | 24.2 | 24.3% | 21.5 | 38.8% | 12.6% |
| Apple | 18.7 | 18.7% | 8.7 | 15.7% | 114.4% |
| Research In Motion | 13.9 | 14.0% | 10.6 | 19.1% | 31.1% |
| Samsung | 10.8 | 10.8% | 2.4 | 4.3% | 350.0% |
| HTC | 8.9 | 8.9% | 2.7 | 4.9% | 229.6% |
| Others | 23.2 | 23.2% | 9.5 | 17.1% | 143.7% |
| Total | 99.6 | 100.0% | 55.4 | 100.0% | 79.7% |
Source: IDC
