Market research firm Nielsen statistics released Monday, said the second quarter of this year Google Android mobile phone sales for the first time in the United States more than Apple iPhone. Quarter, Android phone, the new U.S. sales accounted for 27% of smart phones, while only 23% of the iPhone. RIM is still the leading manufacturer of smart phones, a market share of 33%.
Nelson said that the total number of users in the smart phone users are still more than the iPhone, Android mobile phone users. Motorola, HTC and other mobile phone manufacturers in many mobile phones using Android system, so that smartphone buyers have more choices. Nelson said it is worth noting that the last 6 months the new Android mobile phone users has slightly more than the iPhone.
Nelson, director of telecom business (Roger Entner), said “the demand for smart phones amazing, Anodroid not in a sensational phone and explosion, it is based on a series of sensational, born in Mobile.” these phones, including Motorola’s Droid, and HTC Evo 4G. Droid currently available through the largest U.S. mobile operator Verizon Wireless external sales, Evo 4G through the wireless carrier Sprint Nextel’s external sales.
Mobile industry market research firm IDC analyst (Will Stofega) that, Android market in the United States great success, means that Google Anodroid success in the United States may make it ahead of time in more than iPhone OS. Earlier this year, IDC is expected to surpass it in 2011. Stofega said: “All this will happen soon.”
RIM’s BlackBerry operating system still holds 35% share. Nelson said the BlackBerry’s market share a year ago, 45%, and today only 33%. Microsoft’s Windows Phone also those who are disappointed, one year ago that the operating system market share of 20%, the second quarter of this year, only 11%. Entner said, “Android phone is Blackberry and Windows Mobile swallowing big market share.”
In response to an unfavorable situation, Microsoft ready to launch its own new operating system Windows Phone 7. Kaufman Brothers analyst at investment bank Xiao Wu (Shaw Wu) in a report that said, RIM will be Tuesday released the latest version of the mobile operating system, BlackBerry 6 (BlackBerry 6).
Entner said, iPhone popularity this year, the weakening of the second quarter, probably because users have canceled plans to buy the product the previous iPhone, waiting to buy iPhone 4. In the third quarter, iPhone’s share is expected to regain increased significantly. According to Nielsen data, a year ago, Apple’s market share in the United States 21% in the second quarter has increased to 28%; Android’s market share increased from 2% to 13%.
In addition, a market research firm Canalys released a report Monday in the second quarter, worldwide mobile phone shipments up Android 886%. The second quarter, the overall smart phone shipments up 41%, Android smartphone shipments grew 851 percent, the market share of 34%. Additionally, Android smartphone market growth in the Asia Pacific, especially in the second largest smartphone market in China. The second quarter, Android mobile phone shipments in China to 475,000 a year ago almost to zero.
For the smart phone market, Nokia continued to lead the global market share of 38%. The second quarter, Nokia smart phones shipped 23.8 million, an increase of 41%. RIM ranks second, 18% market share, BlackBerry shipments grew 41%. Apple iPhone 13% global market share, unit shipments up 61%.
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