Sunday, June 6, 2010

Smartphone Shipments Worldwide Continue to Rise

Global shipments of smartphones continue to rise as in the first quarter of 2010 global smartphone shipments hit 55 million which was a year on year growth of 67% reports Canalys according to an article over on After Dawn.

In Europe the strongest presence and the largest share belongs to Nokia with 21,429,680 handsets shipped which is 38.8% and a year on year shipment growth of 56.6%.

BlackBerry maker, Research In Motion commands a large presence in the United States shipping some 10,589,260 handsets which is a growth of 45% year on year with 15.9% of the market.

iPhone maker Apple comes in next with the largest growth at 130.8% shipping 8.72 million iPhones giving 15.9% of the market. Followed by HTC with 5.1% of the market and Motorola with 4.7% of the market, while the remaining 16.3% is accounted for by LG, Samsung and Sony.



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