Apple and Samsung Gaining Smartphone Market Share; Nokia Slipping

Release Date 28 Jul, 2011 in International Business Times

 
   

Buying a Smartphone This Year? You're Not Alone

PC Magazine - Leslie Horn - 28 Jul, 2011
Consumers will snap up 420 million smartphones this year around the global, or 28 percent of all cell phone sales, according to recent data from IMS Research. That figure will climb even higher by the end of 2016, when IMS says more than ...

Smartphones: 28 percent of global market this year

msnbc.com - Suzanne Choney - 28 Jul, 2011
More than 420 million smartphones will be sold worldwide this year, and will account for 28 percent of all cellphone sales, IMS Research says. Among the reasons for the growth, IMS says: More affordable smartphones coming on the ...

Study: Global smartphone sales will top 420M this year

Washington Post (blog) - Hayley Tsukayama - 28 Jul, 2011
A study from IMS Research found that Apple and Samsung will benefit most from the rise in smartphone adoption. (Richard Drew - AP) A study from IMS Research predicts that smartphone sales will top 420 million by the end of 2011. ...

Smartphones to equal 28 percent of handsets in '11

CNET (blog) - Roger Cheng - 28 Jul, 2011
Smash-hit devices such as the iPhone will keep smartphone sales humming for a while. Global sales of smartphones will top 420 million units this year, accounting for 28 percent of all handsets sold, according to market research and ...

Smartphone sales set to hit 420 million in 2011, will take 28% of the total ...

TweakTown - 28 Jul, 2011
Smartphones are set to hit 420 million units sold this year, with a big chunk of the increased market share estimates going to players like Samsung and HTC with big increases, with Apple only expected to see a 20-percent increase in market share. ...

Smartphone Sales Skyrocket In 2011, 420 Million Phones Will Go Out The Door

The Inquisitr - 28 Jul, 2011
The company also predicts that by 2016 one billion Smartphones will be sold annually and will make up more than half of all mobile handsets sold around the world. Among the industry's big winners is Samsung which climbed from 3 percent of the market in ...

420 Million Smartphones Expected to be Sold in 2011

The Epoch Times - Yi Yang - 28 Jul, 2011
Samsung, maker of the popular Galaxy series, experienced the most growth. (Park Ji-Hwan/AFP/Getty Images) 420 Million smartphones are expected to be sold worldwide in 2011, taking up 28 percent of all cell phone sales, according to IMS ...

Study: 1 Billion Smartphones Will Be Sold by 2016

IGN - Justin Rubio - 28 Jul, 2011
It's easy to see that the sheer number of smartphone users has dramatically increased over the years. At one point people were dumbfounded at the thought of internet on your phone but now many of us can't imagine life without it. ...

Annual smartphone sales will top 1 billion by 2016, says IMS

VentureBeat - Sean Ludwig - 28 Jul, 2011
Smartphone sales are still on track to skyrocket during the next few years and will exceed one billion devices by 2016, IMS Research said in a new report out today. “The trend is mostly enabled by an increase in entry-level smartphones, which give more ...

Smartphones will be 28 pct of all phones sold this year

Digitaltrends.com - 28 Jul, 2011
IMS Research forecasts that some 420 million mobile handsets will be sold worldwide in 2011 - and 28 percent of them will be smartphones. Market analysis firm IMS Research as released new figure that forecast that some 420 million mobile handsets will ...

Smart-phone sales to top 420 million in 2011, taking 28% of handset market

Semiconductor Today - 28 Jul, 2011
Sales of smart-phones will exceed 420 million devices in 2011, accounting for nearly 28% of the entire global handset market, according to market analyst firm IMS Research. With the introduction of more affordable 'entry-level' smart-phones, ...

Smartphones will Account for 28 Percent of the Handset Market in 2011: Report

TMC Net - Beecher Tuttle - 28 Jul, 2011
North of 420 million smartphones will be sold this year, accounting for more than one-fourth of the overall global handset market, according to IMS Research, a market analysis company. The consultancy firm also ...

Samsung, Apple lead smartphone sales projected to be 1 billion units by 2016

Android Apps Appolicious - Phil Hornshaw - 28 Jul, 2011
The mobile industry loves to crunch its numbers and make big, sweeping projections about where sales will be a few years down the road. Today's numbers come from market analyst IMS Research, and they appropriately bullish. ...

Apple to remain "influential" despite smartphone competition

TG Daily - Trent Nouveau - 28 Jul, 2011
Apple is expected to remain an "influential" presence in the smartphone market despite increased competition from Android and Windows Phone 7 devices. "In recent years, no company has flourished in this [bullish mobile] environment as much as Apple," ...

Growing smartphone market could hit 1 billion in annual sales by 2016

TechFlash - Aislyn Greene - 28 Jul, 2011
It's no surprise that the smartphone market is growing at a rapid pace. New data from market research company IMS Research says that 420 million smartphones will be sold this year, accounting for 28 percent of the global handset market. ...

Report predicts one billion smartphones will sell by 2016

AgentGenius - 28 Jul, 2011
As smartphones go mainstream and consumers ditch the flip phones of yesteryear, IMSResearch says that 420 million smartphones will be sold this year which supplants roughly 25% of all un-smartphones (traditional phones). The report predicts that one ...

LG Founders in Booming Smartphone Market

Light Reading - 28 Jul, 2011
Smartphone sales will total 420 million units this year, accounting for 28 percent of the total handset market, IMS Research projected on Wednesday, but the gains are not being shared equally amongst the hardware makers. ...

Apple and Samsung Gaining Smartphone Market Share; Nokia Slipping

International Business Times - 28 Jul, 2011
Smartphone sales will represent 28 percent of all cellphone sales this year, amounting to more than 420-million units sold, according to IMS Research says. As more smartphones become increasingly affordable, global sales could reach 1-billion by the ...

Samsung and Apple reap rewards from smart phone policy

RCR Wireless News Silicon Valley - 28 Jul, 2011
Smartphone sales may be set to top 420 million units in 2011, but some handset makers are poised to do far better than others when it comes to high-end devices IMS Research has revealed. Though smartphones currently make up 28% of all handset sales, ...

2011 Smartphone Sales to Exceed 420 Million Units

BankInnovation.net (blog) - Mary Wisniewski - 28 Jul, 2011
With much cheerleading on how how fast consumers are gobbling up smartphones, it's nice to hear some hard numbers. Smartphone sales will top 420 million devices in 2011, according to IMS Research, a global electronics market research and consultancy. ...

Samsung sees 300% growth in smartphone market share

Ars Technica - Casey Johnston - 28 Jul, 2011
Smartphone sales will hit 420 million units by the end of 2011, yet still make up only 28 percent of the market, according to a study released by IMS Research. At the onset of 2011, Nokia and Apple ...

IMS Research: It's Apple vs. Samsung amid Nokia's spectacular fall

9 to 5 Mac - 28 Jul, 2011
IMS Research put out a study estimating that some 420 million smartphones will be sold worldwide in the 2011 calendar year, or 28 percent of all handsets sold. The survey portrays Apple as making huge gains in the space, buoyed on the sales of 18.65 ...

Smartphones continue meteoric rise

CRN - UK - Sara Yirrell - 28 Jul, 2011
Sales of smartphones will smash through the 420m device mark in 2011, according to market watcher IMS Research. The analyst firm claimed that smartphones will account for nearly 28 per cent of the total global handset market this year. ...

Annual Smartphone Sales Could Reach One Billion by 2016

All Things Digital - Ina Fried - 28 Jul, 2011
Although the smartphone market continues to grow, the division between market winners and losers is also growing. A new study from IMS Research predicts that smartphone sales this year will total 420 million units, making up 28 percent of the total ...

IMS: Annual smartphone sales to reach 1 billion units by 2016; Apple, Samsung ...

BGR - Zach Epstein - 28 Jul, 2011
More than 420 million smartphones will be sold around the world in 2011, accounting for 28% of total cell phone sales according to market research firm IMS Research. The firm sees the recent surge of more affordable smartphones as playing a major role ...

Smartphone sales headed for 1B devices, Nokia share declines, Samsung leading

TechJournal South - 28 Jul, 2011
Sales of smartphones will exceed 420 million devices in 2011, accounting for nearly 28 percent of the entire global handset market, according to IMS Research, an independent provider of market research and consultancy to the global electronics industry ...

 

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