Apple Grabs 17% of Worldwide Smartphone Sales in Third Quarter

[MacRumors]

Worldwide Smartphone Sales in 3Q09 in Thousands of Units (Source: Gartner)

Research firm Gartner today issued a report covering worldwide mobile phone sales for the third quarter of 2009. The highlight of the data for Apple is the company's third-place showing in the smartphone category, grabbing 17.1% of that market in finishing behind market leader Nokia and Research in Motion.

Apple's worldwide smartphone share reached 17 per cent as iPhone sales totalled 7 million units in the third quarter of 2009 following the continued rollout of the iPhone 3GS in new countries. Its ASP is holding steady and sales in the fourth quarter should be even stronger as Apple starts selling in China, through one additional carrier in the UK, and in an additional 16 countries.

Overall, the mobile phone market experienced only 0.1% growth over the year-ago quarter, but smartphones continued their strong performance, growing 12.8% year-over-year to represent.

Apple's share of the smartphone market has fluctuated significantly since the device's 2007 introduction as purchasing patterns have been affected by the company's product release cycle, seasonal variations in the industry, and introductions into new countries or wireless carriers. The general trend, however, indicates that Apple continues to outperform its competitors in the mobile phone industry as it builds market share in the fastest growing segment in the industry.

Article Link: Apple Grabs 17% of Worldwide Smartphone Sales in Third Quarter

 

[kroeks]

WOOOW look at how high it is compared to HTC!

 

[CherryJul]

Very impressive. Go Apple!

 

[Mark Booth]

Palm has fallen so low it's lumped in with "others"!

Bye bye Palm! I'm sure glad I'm not a Pre owner!

Mark

 

[OllyW]

Palm has fallen so low it's lumped in with "others"!

So is Apple in the Worldwide computer sales figures.

 

[theheadguy]

Palm has fallen so low it's lumped in with "others"! Bye bye Palm! I'm sure glad I'm not a Pre owner!

Although I normally wouldn't respond to a childish remark, it's worth noting that I own a Pre and love it. I had an iPhone 1st gen and 3g; they're overrated (at this point). I see some very cool patents ahead that may make me switch back, but the Pre is awesome and fast; although light on both the quantity and quality of apps available.

 

[FelixDerKater]

Once Apple cuts its formal ties with AT&T, this number could go up a fair bit in the US.

Then again, I played with the Motorola and HTC Droids last night, and there is a lot of potential in the pipeline from the Android camps, even if this current generation doesn't turn too many heads.

I would be surprised if Google didn't weaken its iPhone content offerings in favor of its own platform.

 

[dan5.5]

It's crazy that apple has such marshare with only 2 models selling. All the other manufactures make 10x the models that apple has

 

[BVeritas]

I would be surprised if Google didn't weaken its iPhone content offerings in favor of its own platform.

Since Google had two goals for Android (knock off WinMo and increase mobile ads), I think you'll see all of Google's offerings on the iPhone, including the Google GPS.

 

[*LTD*]

RIM's about to get creamed.

 

[Wolfie Scooter]

Apple's share of the smartphone market has fluctuated significantly since the device's 2007 introduction as purchasing patterns have been affected by the company's product release cycle, seasonal variations in the industry, and introductions into new countries or wireless carriers. The general trend, however, indicates that Apple continues to outperform its competitors in the mobile phone industry as it builds market share in the fastest growing segment in the industry.

RIM's about to get creamed.

My math shows RIM grew more from year-ago quarter than Apple.

 

[Mattie Num Nums]

RIM's about to get creamed.

Again, with all of your Pro Apple comments, everyone else is crap comments, RIM just like Microsoft will always have a stranglehold on the business sector. Thats the money market right there. iPhones thus far in our environment have been pretty much a disaster.

 

[OllyW]

My math shows RIM grew more from year-ago quarter than Apple.

IDC agree with you.

 

[kdarling]

RIM's about to get creamed.

That's an odd conclusion, since the chart shows that RIM gained 4.9% in share, as compared to Apple's 4.2% gain.

It's other companies that are feeling the pressure more.

 

[iGod 2.0]

Only a matter of time...

We're coming for you RIM...We're gonna get 'cha...gonna get 'cha.

 

[*LTD*]

Only a matter of time before the iPhone overtakes RIM. It's only a 3% or so gap now. In only two years. One model (counting the 3G as well). RIM is a one-trick pony and it shows.

 

[pittmantechno]

Owning phones from these other so called smart phone manufacturers -
makes you wonder if the iPhone should be in the same category eh ?

how about Apple 100% kick ass phone sales for this Quarter

=)

 

[BVeritas]

Again, with all of your Pro Apple comments, everyone else is crap comments, RIM just like Microsoft will always have a stranglehold on the business sector. Thats the money market right there. iPhones thus far in our environment have been pretty much a disaster.

We recently converted our 500 users from RIM to iPhones. Saved a ton of money (no RIM server or RIM licensing) and our employees are very happy. Had all of the security features needed in our enterprise (we are demanding too). We're considering MobilMe as well, the find my phone feature is very attractive.

 

[smiddlehurst]

Once Apple cuts its formal ties with AT&T, this number could go up a fair bit in the US.

Then again, I played with the Motorola and HTC Droids last night, and there is a lot of potential in the pipeline from the Android camps, even if this current generation doesn't turn too many heads.

I would be surprised if Google didn't weaken its iPhone content offerings in favor of its own platform.

Why would it? Google doesn't make money off of Android and doesn't really get a massive boost of brand recognition off it either, especially now it's being reskinned by manufacturers. They want to drive services to their web offerings and having the same feature-rich applications on multiple platforms does just that. Doesn't make sense to limit that functionality if they don't have to or without a DAMN good reason to do otherwise.

 

[Wolfie Scooter]

Only a matter of time before the iPhone overtakes RIM. It's only a 3% or so gap now. In only two years. One model (counting the 3G as well). RIM is a one-trick pony and it shows.

These type of comments just baffle me. In the typically strongest iPhone quarter (just after the release of the new model), Apple actually lost ground against RIM in % marketshare.

 

[dXTC]

RIM's about to get creamed.

As Mattie Num Nums explained, RIM will continue to do well in the business sector.

Nokia is the one that should be worried.

 

[Cydonia]

Steve Ballmer

""There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance," said Ballmer. "It's a $500 subsidized item. They may make a lot of money. But if you actually take a look at the 1.3 billion phones that get sold, I'd prefer to have our software in 60% or 70% or 80% of them, than I would to have 2% or 3%, which is what Apple might get.""

Steve Ballmer

 

[Mattie Num Nums]

We recently converted our 500 users from RIM to iPhones. Saved a ton of money (no RIM server or RIM licensing) and our employees are very happy. Had all of the security features needed in our enterprise (we are demanding too). We're considering MobilMe as well, the find my phone feature is very attractive.

How are you managing permissions via servers? AD credentials? Remote Wipes? Sounds to me like your company may need to do more research. Cost savings is one thing but security is another. We have over 50,000 employees here and Blackberry is the way to go.

 

[Speedy2]

We recently converted our 500 users from RIM to iPhones. Saved a ton of money (no RIM server or RIM licensing) and our employees are very happy. Had all of the security features needed in our enterprise (we are demanding too). We're considering MobilMe as well, the find my phone feature is very attractive.

How are you managing permissions via servers? AD credentials? Remote Wipes? Sounds to me like your company may need to do more research. Cost savings is one thing but security is another. We have over 50,000 employees here and Blackberry is the way to go.

You two are both in different business segments. OBVIOUSLY. And yet you both talk to each other as if you would know exactly what's best for the other. The iPhone is absolutely fine for smaller businesses. No one here with a sane mind would doubt that Blackberry has a far better position in large businesses. So, you are both right & wrong.

 

[BVeritas]

How are you managing permissions via servers? AD credentials? Remote Wipes? Sounds to me like your company may need to do more research. Cost savings is one thing but security is another. We have over 50,000 employees here and Blackberry is the way to go.

We modified this document to fit our needs. The big payoff for us is the ability to create our enterprise tailored apps (with their own embedded security policy). LDAP provides most of our access control policy.

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Enterprise_Deployment_Guide.pdf

Certainly, your policies have grown and include a lot more legacy problems that we have, but rolling it out to a trial department helps identify areas of concern.