According to the Canalys quarter 4 sales figures Nokia with its Symbian devices took 42% of the overall PDA & Smartphone market with 679,250 units shipped. This was similar to Q3 with 665,940 units, so they are keeping up the momentum. Palm came 2'nd with 381,100 and 24% and HP 3rd with 151,990 down to just 9% of the market.
This time Canalys also include breakdowns for Smartphone alone. Here Nokia took 84% of the market. Orange with the SPV sold 43,460 units 5% although they were not on sale for the full 1/4. Handspring do not feature in these figure at all and must be classified under 'others' with 31,860 and 4%. This has to be drastic news for them as they were pitching their hopes on the Treo Smartphone.
Anyway I think things should be very interesting this 1/4 with the P800 and 3650 (At least 😉) coming onto the market.
One small problem with their report, the 9210 seems to not sell anything this quarter?? I can't believe that. 679,250 7650s and no 9210s??? Also according to that 84,050 handsets were sold in 2001 when the 7650 wasn't on the market. I think their research needs a little research.
They do mention the 9210/9210i although they don't give a specific breakdown.
In Q4 2002 the Finnish vendor's combined 7650 and 9210/9210i shipments took 84% of the feature/smart phone segment, far ahead of its nearest rival Motorola, with its Accompli, on 7%. Orange, with its SPV, followed these with just over 5% even though it only began shipping half way through the quarter.
Its after the table so prehaps you missed it 😊.
But the 9210 isn't a voice based system, it's a data based system, as if that wasn't obvious. Their method would say that an ipaq with a GSM sleeve would automatically be a voice based system. As I said they need to do their research.
I made some "research" of my own and read their earlier reports. In the Q2 report they say about 7650:
"We expect to see a spike in 7650 shipments into the channel next quarter, but an average unsubsidised price in excess of �800 is simply too high for the consumer segment at which it is aimed and this is bound to constrain sales. The operators' inconsistent MMS readiness and pricing isn't exactly laying a solid foundation for adoption either."
In Q2 total shipments of Nokia was 59220.
Then in Q3 this "not a solid foundation of adoption" resulted total shipmets of 665940 Nokia units! They didn't make very bold predictions for Q4 anymore :-?
I was just checking the Canalys figures again, when I noticed their description of a smartphone at the end of the page.
Smart phone: pocket-sized device positioned primarily for voice, offers full, configurable two-way data synchronisation, and OS-based applications can be added without restriction.
'Without restriction" surely that means the Orange SPV does not count 😉