ROUNDUP: Smartphones move pre Nokia slip

EGHAM (DPA AFX) - the advance of the Smartphones krempelt the Handy market over.
Market leader Nokia fell in the first quarter of this yearly
world-wide on the lowest market share since 1997 back, like that
Market research firm Gartner on Thursday reported. On the other hand occupies
Apple again a place under the Top five in the entire
Handy market and advances iPhone of fifth with its on the fourth place.
The strength of the googleoperating system Android secures
besides the South Korean manufacturers Samsung and LG front places.

Nokia dropped back to a market share of 25,1 per cent, like Gartner
computed. One year ago still came the fairings on 30,6 per cent. Reason for those
constant driving downhill is above all the weakness with the Smartphones. Nokia with its
Operating system Symbian was overhauled by the Android platform, on the various
Manufacturers fall back.

Altogether world-wide 427.8 million mobile phones were sold
- a plus of 19 per cent. Each fourth set off mobile phone is scarce
in the meantime a Smartphone (23.6 per cent). Their paragraph transferred in the comparison between years
85 per cent.

The point change in the Smartphone business ran breath-taking fast.
Still one year ago Nokia led the market with apparently comfortable 44,2
Per cent on, Android was straight once in each tenth computer telephone.
Today the Android platform stands firmly on place one with 36 per cent, Nokia
glided on 27,4 per cent.

The tip of the spear with the attack of the Androiden is up-to-date Samsung. In the entire
The south Koreans stand for Handy market on place two with a market share of
last 16.1 per cent. One year ago were still 18 per cent. The break
it is however only passing and lies above all to the fact that Samsung too
Beginning of the year new models announced, which come only now into the market,
explained Gartner. That might pay off with the numbers to the second quarter.

That Samsung Nokia of the leading position in the Handy industry will displace,
if she does not believe nevertheless, refining he analyst said Carolina Milanesi. But is
the market position of the Finns in the so-called growth markets such as India or
Africa too strongly. In the countries of Western Europe however be located Samsung partially
now already on rank one. In order to hold the market share, Nokia presses the prices
for its telephones - which could diminish the yields.

Again and again besides it is speculated that a wave more favorably
Android telephones of Nokia business also in the lower price segment to weaken would know.
“I see so far not”, said Milanesi.

Gartner is at the same time quite optimistic, which the prospects for those
Smartphone co-operation of Nokia and Microsoft turn on. Those
Experts say the Nokia Smartphones with Windows Phone 7 as operating system
a market share from 20 per cent to the year 2015 ahead. But the partners would have
however on favourable prices come and the portable radio operators convince,
refining he analyst limited Roberta Cozza. In the first quarter Microsoft became
according to Gartner only 1.6 million telephones with the end of 2010 started system
Windows Phone 7 loosely.

Apple knew the iPhone paragraph with scarcely 16.9 million sold devices
more than double. Thus Apple is the number three in the Smartphone business also
16.8 per cent and created it even on the fourth place in the entire
Handy industry - even if only with a relatively modest market share of 3,9
Per cent. But those are high profitable iPhones. After computations of some
Market watcher as for instance the analysis company Asymco secures itself Apple with it more
as half of the profits in the Handy industry. /so/DP/stw

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