The smartphone market's growth is impressive too when contrasted to the 38% growth in the fourth quarter, which is typically the strongest of the year. This demonstrates the tremendous potential of the market and the depths to which it plunged in the first quarter of last year.
"2010 looks to be another year of large-scale consumer adoption of converged mobile devices," says Ramon Llamas, senior research analyst with IDC’s Mobile Devices Technology and Trends team. "Consumers will gravitate to smartphones not just because the devices themselves look 'cool' and 'slick', but because the overall experience aligns with their individual tastes and demands. Users are seeking – and finding – experiences that are intuitive, seamless, and fun. Already, we've seen what Palm's webOS and Google's Android can do. This year, we expect updates for
Market Outlook for 2010
Kevin Restivo, senior analyst with IDC's Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, said higher smartphone sales this year will be a result of greater awareness, increasingly affordable data plans, and the global economic recovery. "More consumers are aware of smartphones now due to positive referrals from friends and family and manufacturer's mass media campaigns," said. Restivo. "Coupled with increased confidence on the part of consumers, these factors will create a perfect storm of demand for suppliers this year."
Top Five Smartphone Vendors Q1 2010
Nokia firmly maintained its position as the leading smartphone vendor worldwide during 1Q10. In addition to introducing several new models – the C3, C6, and the E5 – Nokia announced its first Symbian^3 model, the N8. This, and other Symbian^3 devices, are expected to launch in the fourth quarter of this year. According to CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Symbian^3 will be more intuitive and fun for end users, and on par with other competitive offerings available on the market.
Research In Motion kept its position as the number two smartphone vendor worldwide on continued growth of its popular
Apple more than doubled its shipments from a year ago, with more iPhones arriving outside its home territory of North America. CEO Steve Jobs announced the latest operating system update, enabling multi-tasking, folders, enhanced email, iBooks for consumers, and iAd, a mobile advertising platform, for developers. A fourth generation
HTC posted high double-digit growth to start off the year, driven primarily by its growing stable of Android-powered products including the Hero, Droid Eris, and MyTouch. The company shows no signs of slowing down, having announced several new devices, including the first WiMAX Android phone, the EVO 4G, slated to launch later this year. HTC also remains committed to Windows Mobile devices, with the HD2 receiving a warm reception and Windows Phone 7 devices expected to launch before the end of the year.
Motorola, having stormed back into the smartphone space in the fourth quarter of 2009, followed up with a new milestone in its short history of shipping Android devices. Now that the DROID and CLIQ (known as the Milestone and DEXT respectively outside the United States) both have a full quarter of availability, the company followed up with six additional devices. The company expects to launch 20 different models and ship 12–14 million Android smartphones this year.
Top Five Converged Mobile Device Vendors, Shipments, and Market Share, Q1 2010 (Units in Millions)
| Vendor | 1Q10 Volumes | 1Q10 Market Share | 1Q09 Volumes | 1Q09 Market Share | 1Q10/1Q09 Change | ||||||||||
| 1. Nokia | 21.5 | 39.3% | 13.7 | 39.3% | 56.9% | ||||||||||
| 2. | 10.6 | 19.4% | 7.3 | 20.9% | 45.2% | ||||||||||
| 3. Apple | 8.8 | 16.1% | 3.8 | 10.9% | 131.6% | ||||||||||
| 4. HTC | 2.6 | 4.8% | 1.5 | 4.3% | 73.3% | ||||||||||
| 5. Motorola | 2.3 | 4.2% | 1.2 | 3.4% | 91.7% | ||||||||||
| Others | 8.9 | 16.3% | 7.2 | 20.6% | 23.6% | ||||||||||
| Total | 54.7 | 100.0% | 34.9 | 100.0% | 56.7% |
Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, May 6, 2010
Note: Vendor shipments are branded shipments and exclude OEM sales for all vendors.
Converged Mobile Devices – These mobile devices are either voice or data centric and are capable of synchronizing personal information and/or email with server, desktop, or laptop computers. These devices must match wireless telephony capability to high level operating systems, include the ability to download data to local storage, run applications, and store user data beyond PIM capabilities. Converged mobile devices must offer the full extent of their application processing capability to the user, regardless of network availability.
For more information about IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, please contact Kathy Nagamine at 650-350-6423 or knagamine@idc.com.
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