Android is growing, Android devices collectively
represented a 34% share of the US market in the quarter, and with growth
of 851% Android became the largest smart phone platform in the country.
Canalys VP and
Principal Analyst, Chris Jones, 'In the
United States, for example, we have seen the largest carrier, Verizon
Wireless, heavily promoting high-profile Android devices, such as the
Droid by Motorola and the Droid Incredible by HTC. These products have
been well received by the market, with consumers eager to download and
engage with mobile applications and services, such as Internet browsing,
social networking, games and navigation.'
There's plenty of interesting information in the latest Canalys report.
The smartphone market grew by 64% annually worldwide in Q2
2010. At the same time, shipments of RIM's BlackBerry smart phones grew
by 41%. Helped by the continued strong performances of devices such as
the Curve 8520, it was once again the second placed vendor with an 18%
market share, while also retaining its leadership position in North and
Latin America.
Despite a period of turbulent PR, initial shipments of
the iPhone 4 were predictably strong and contributed to Apple's 61%
growth and worldwide market share of 13% for the quarter. But analysis
of Canalys' detailed, globally consistent data shows it is the
collective growth of Android device shipments across a range of handset
vendors' portfolios that is most remarkable. With key products from HTC,
Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and LG, among others, shipments of
smart phones running the Google-backed Android operating system grew an
impressive 886% in Q2 2010.
The United States smart phone
market grew 41% year on year. It is the largest smart phone market in
the world by a significant margin, with 14.7 million units accounting
for 23% of global shipments in Q2 2010.
Nokia retained a substantial lead in the worldwide smart phone market in
Q2 2010, achieving a 38% market share. The vendor shipped a record 23.8
million smart phones during the quarter, representing growth of 41% on a
year ago, as it focused on delivering affordable smart phone offerings
to the market, such as its popular 5230 touch-screen handset, based on
the Symbian operating system (OS). But Nokia's market dominance is not
as unassailable as it once was, with its performance outpaced by growth
in the smart phone market as a whole.
Canalys' annual smart phone market trends report, now in its ninth
successful year, pulls together, in a concise format, qualitative
analysis of key market trends, top-level market share and shipment
estimates for the leading vendors, comparative analysis of vendors'
performance and evaluation of their strengths and weaknesses, and
forecasts for future market development. The new Canalys smart phone
market trends report is now available. More details can be found at www.canalys.com/services/reports.