Sales of mobile phones in Q2 this year are up over 19% compared to last year (reports ABI Research). There are some slight changes, with Nokia and Samsung dropping share slightly, in part due to re-organisation for Nokia and the prevailing economic conditions hitting Samsung. The launch timing of the iPhone 4 hasn’t helped Apple, who also dropped market share. Mind you, with all sales up, that’s still more handsets sold by each company compared to the raw numbers from Q2 2009.
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Good news on Nokia "R&D has been more closely aligned with business priorities. Nokia has been piling on resources to iron out the code needed to meet expectations for Symbian OS and MeeGo. "
And as hard as it is to believe, and contrary to what some folks on certain fora claim ("Nokia is putting tiny resources to Symbian development" etc.)... 😛
Hard to say given Nokia have totally abandoned support for Maemo and went Meego and S^3.
Nice stats.. flicked it to some itards at work to prove that Apple is nowhere near commanding the smartphones market since they only release one phone at a time, compared to the 20 offered by Nokia.
But then again, begs the question - should you really release 20 phones a year, Nokia? Whats the point in releasing a god-damn C6 when its the same as the existing N97 but wrapped around in a slightly different shell? Why not consolidate your design efforts into a smaller but more appropriate catalog of phones? Reduces the R&D, support and supply chain costs - and leaving more budget to concentrate on the few models to make it 1000x better with less bugs, better user experience and overall more polished product.