Wednesday, March 11, 2009

The proportion of Nokia smartphones in the market fell by 10 percent.

In the fourth quarter of 2008 the share of Nokia smartphones in the market was 40.8 percent, reports Dow Jones NewsPlus, with reference to the analytical report of Gartner. In late 2007, Nokia controlled 50.9 per cent of the market of smartphones.
Quarterly sales of smartphones Nokia also declined. Over the last three months of 2008 were sold 15.6 million of such devices, a 17 percent lower than a year ago.
The proportion of the company RIM, which produces Smartphones Blackberry, in the last quarter of 2008 increased to 19.5 percent from 10.9 percent a year ago. Quarterly sales rose by 85 per cent to 7.4 million smartphones.
Apple for the fourth quarter of 2008, won 10.7 per cent of smartphone market, sold 4.1 million of such devices. A year ago, Apple held 5.2 per cent of the market.
In the last quarter of 2008, the company HTC and Samsung sold about 1.6 million smartphones each. However, the market share of HTC was higher - 4.3 percent versus 4.2 percent at Samsung. A year ago, these companies controlled the 3,7 and 1,8 per cent of smartphone market, respectively.
Overall in the fourth quarter of 2008 were sold 38.1 million smartphones. This is 3.7 percent higher than a year ago.

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