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Nov 4, 2010, 01:26 PM
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Worldwide Smartphone Sales in 3Q10 in Millions of Units (Source: IDC)
Offering a more complete look at the global smartphone sales for the third quarter of 2010 as hinted at (http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2010/11/01/apple-tops-u-s-smartphone-vendors-trails-android-consortium/) by Canalys earlier this week, research firm IDC has now published its data (http://www.idc.com/about/viewpressrelease.jsp?containerId=prUS22560610) on global smartphone sales, similarly revealing Apple taking second place with 17.4% of the market and ranking behind only Nokia's 32.7% share.Apple marked a new milestone in iPhone shipments, enough to take the number 2 ranking worldwide. The third quarter is typically Apple's highest volume quarter, and 3Q10 was no exception. Consumers who did not get their iPhone 4 at the end of June were rewarded for their patience and even the much-hyped 'Antennagate' did little to dampen demand, as the company moved swiftly to provide solutions.Apple's 90.5% year-over-year growth was only on par with that of the overall industry, but Research in Motion's slower growth of only 46% enabled Apple to take the #2 spot in the rankings.
Several smaller smartphone competitors embracing Google's Android platform saw tremendous year-over-year growth during the quarter, with Samsung rising to fourth place on over 450% growth and HTC seeing over 175% growth.
Article Link: Apple Snags Second Place Among Global Smartphone Manufacturers (http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2010/11/04/apple-snags-second-place-among-global-smartphone-manufacturers/)
http://images.macrumors.com/article/2010/11/04/141527-idc_3Q10_smartphones.png
Worldwide Smartphone Sales in 3Q10 in Millions of Units (Source: IDC)
Offering a more complete look at the global smartphone sales for the third quarter of 2010 as hinted at (http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2010/11/01/apple-tops-u-s-smartphone-vendors-trails-android-consortium/) by Canalys earlier this week, research firm IDC has now published its data (http://www.idc.com/about/viewpressrelease.jsp?containerId=prUS22560610) on global smartphone sales, similarly revealing Apple taking second place with 17.4% of the market and ranking behind only Nokia's 32.7% share.Apple marked a new milestone in iPhone shipments, enough to take the number 2 ranking worldwide. The third quarter is typically Apple's highest volume quarter, and 3Q10 was no exception. Consumers who did not get their iPhone 4 at the end of June were rewarded for their patience and even the much-hyped 'Antennagate' did little to dampen demand, as the company moved swiftly to provide solutions.Apple's 90.5% year-over-year growth was only on par with that of the overall industry, but Research in Motion's slower growth of only 46% enabled Apple to take the #2 spot in the rankings.
Several smaller smartphone competitors embracing Google's Android platform saw tremendous year-over-year growth during the quarter, with Samsung rising to fourth place on over 450% growth and HTC seeing over 175% growth.
Article Link: Apple Snags Second Place Among Global Smartphone Manufacturers (http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2010/11/04/apple-snags-second-place-among-global-smartphone-manufacturers/)
