Thursday, May 19, 2011

Gartner says Android rules the world: Q1-2011

Looking closely at the numbers, Symbian was on more units sold in Q1-2011, than on Q1-2010, but that still resulted in Symbian shrinking dramatically in market share over the year, while Android exploded globally.

Looking even closer, there was one fella that actually SHRANK number of units SOLD from Q1-2010 to Q1-2011...Microsoft.  Units sold shrank 1.0%, but its market share shrank by 47.1%, as the total market of smart phones increased 84.9%.

[excerpt from Gartner's release below]

Table 2

Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users by Operating System in 1Q11 (Thousands of Units)
Company
1Q11
 Units
1Q11 Market Share (%)
1Q10
 Units
1Q10 Market Share (%)
Android
36,267.8
36.0
5,226.6
9.6
Symbian
27,598.5
27.4
24,067.7
44.2
iOS
16,883.2
16.8
8,359.7
15.3
RIM
13,004.0
12.9
10,752.5
19.7
Microsoft
3,658.7
3.6
3,696.2
6.8
Other OS
3,357.2
3.3
2,402.9
4.4
Total
100,769.3
100.0
54,505.5
100.0
Source: Gartner (May 2011)

Uhm...did someone in Redmond hit the panic button yet?

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