Market researcher Gartner thought in a tell released at the moment with the aim of on 100 million smartphones were sold worldwide throughout the basic quarter of 2011. Google's Android OS held 36 percent of the marketplace, with more than 36.2 million units sold to consumers throughout the episode. Nokia's Symbian took the flash recognize, by the side of 27.4 percent of the marketplace and 27.6 million units sold. Apple's iOS platform and Research clothed in Motion's BlackBerry came in third and fourth with 16.8 percent and 12.9 percent marketplace share, correspondingly.
Microsoft found itself far behind the have a break of the jam. According to Gartner, immediately 3.6 million smartphones using a Microsoft mobile OS were sold carry on quarter, in place of a 3.6 percent marketplace share--and rebuff doubt more terrifyingly in place of Redmond, the newer Windows Phone OS maxim piece sales of solitary 1.6 million.
Gartner's numbers reveal immediately how much of a difference a time can kind. During the basic quarter of 2010, Android's marketplace share stood by the side of immediately 9.6 percent, putting it in fourth place. Symbian by the side of the schedule had a 44.2 percent marketplace share, followed by BlackBerry OS and iOS with 19.7 percent and 15.3 percent marketplace share, correspondingly. The elder Windows cell had 6.8 percent marketplace share.
Whether Microsoft can alteration the tide in the smartphone OS marketplace with the help of Nokia remains to be seen. Earlier this time, the companies signed a deal with the aim of will kind Windows Phone 7 the "principal" operating organization in Nokia's line of smartphones. Windows Phone 7 is likely to be running on Nokia policy as first as subsequently time. Clothed in the basic quarter of 2011, Symbian was running on Nokia smartphones.
The Microsoft-Nokia deal "will quick a competitors' rush to capture Symbian's marketplace share," Gartner thought in the tell, accumulation with the aim of "in the long designate, Nokia's support will accelerate Windows Phone's momentum."
Gartner reported carry on month with the aim of it believes Windows Phone's marketplace share will skip to 19.5 percent in 2015. It thinks Android will prime the marketplace in 2015 with 48.8 percent marketplace share.
Looking by the side of handsets (smartphone or otherwise) considerably than operating systems, Gartner found, not surprisingly, with the aim of Nokia simply outdone all others with 107.6 million units sold throughout the episode. Samsung and LG rounded barred the top three with 68.8 million and 24 million mobile phone sales, correspondingly. Apple sold 16.8 million mobile phones throughout the basic quarter, while RIM sold 13 million policy. All told, 427.8 million mobile phones were sold carry on quarter, up from the 359.6 million sold throughout the basic quarter of 2010.
Out of all mobile phone makers, Apple's year-over-year growth has been nearly everyone impressive, Gartner's findings divulge. During the basic quarter of 2011, Apple more than doubled its first-quarter 2010 mobile phone sales of 8.2 million.
"This strong performance helped Apple consolidate its perception as the fourth chief brand in the mobile transfer marketplace overall," Carolina Milanesi, explore junior president by the side of Gartner, thought in a statement. "Considering the higher-than-average charge of the iPhone, this is a remarkable answer and highlights the effect with the aim of a strong aspirational brand can maintain on a artifact."