2009: Smartphones mainstream

It was a trend that had begun several years ago(smartphone market share), but in 2009 the smartphone in the Netherlands really become mainstream. Teenagers run away with Blackberry, many people have bought an iPhone and there were many devices sold with Symbian, Windows Mobile and Android.

The biggest breakthrough, however, was the price: where smartphones until this year were payable only haste with expensive subscriptions, giving providers increasingly smartphones 'free' way in cheaper subscriptions. That's because the price of individual units is coming down. A full-featured smartphone, you can currently get for less than 300 euros with virtually every known OS. And then it was indeed just devices on the market.

Prices fell, but sales did not: the smartphone industry in 2009 showed the economic downturn surprised many to resist. The sector was not growing as fast as before, but was against the flow or increase in size, worldwide there were more smartphones sold than in 2008, according to Gartner almost one quarter more.

Tweakers.net looks back to 2009 in this overview. What happened this year? Obviously we can focus also give a preview to see what the future holds.

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BlackBerry and Palm candy market share from iPhone

IDC is the dipstick in sales in the first three months of 2008 stung and concludes that the iPhone's market share has dropped dramatically from 26.7% to 19.2%. These appliances not in use, but sales of new units sold.

IDC Analysts attributed the weakness not from Apple, but said that rivals like Palm and RIM have done extremely well. RIM jumped from 35.1 to 44.5 percent between the fourth and first quarter. They did this by further enhancing the BlackBerry offering to the upper layer of home users. This is a new market for the company, which previously focused mainly on business customers.

Palm in market share went from 7.9 percent to 13.4 percent, largely due to the Centro: a cheap smartphone, aimed at beginners and price conscious consumers. Samsung saw its market share also increased from 5.1 to 8.6 percent thanks to a new Windows Mobile smartphone through Verizon they offer. Motorola is the only aircraft manufacturer whose market share went down from 7.5 to 2.6 percent!

Still, IDC believes that the iPhone in the long term they affect the results of other phone providers.In summer, we also expect a shift, as RIM's BlackBerry Bold and 3G iPhone available and customers of other phone providers to migration. For both manufacturers, it is the first time they release a 3G handset.

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IPhone grabs 10% share of smartphone market

The global market share of the iPhone in the first quarter of this year increased to 10.8%.Last year this was 5.3%. Gartner made these figures announced yesterday.

Even Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the BlackBerry, saw market share rise from 13.3% to 19.9%. Largest player in the smartphone market, Nokia, though the company lost 4% market share.

Nokia, RIM and Apple are now the largest smartphone vendors in the world, according to Gartner.

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GARTNER: IPHONE AND ANDROID WIN MARKET SHARE

According to figures from Gartner iPhone and Android have their position in the smartphone market strengthened. The market shares of both operating systems grew, while other major players were down. The total smartphone market grew over the first quarter of 2009 with 48.7 percent.

Gartner calculated how many phones in the first quarter of 2010 were sold and what the relationship between the various operating systems for smartphones. Symbian, the operating system mainly for use Nokia is still the largest globally. The market share of Symbian devices sold or dropped, from 48.8 percent to 44.3 percent now. The operating system of RIM (Blackberry) is in second place with 19.4 percent (previously 20.6), and the iPhone OS takes third place with 15.4 per cent (was 10.5).

Google's Android operating system was Linux and Windows Mobile and was therefore beyond the fourth best-selling operating system for smartphones in the first quarter of 2010. Android increased from 1.6 percent in the first quarter of 2009 to 9.6 percent in 2010.

In total, smartphones in the first quarter of 2010, 17.3 percent of mobile phones sold. In the same period in 2009 was still 13.6 percent. Apple's iPhone was in the first quarter accounted for 2.7 percent of all phones sold worldwide.That's an increase of 1.2 percentage points compared to 2009. The number of phones in the first quarter of 2010 also increased significantly compared to last year, more than 269 million to over 314 million. Among those 314 million were 54 million smartphones.

The figures show that Android is the largest growth. More and more smartphones that run on this operating system. At the same time the growth of the iPhone is still impressive. Apple is now the world's seventh largest manufacturer of mobile phones. However, several other manufacturers produce phones, while Apple has this place due to the sale of just one phone.

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Apple iPhone market share will decrease

Apple iPhone market share will decrease

Apple iPhone's market share in the quarter a drop. Where in the third quarter of 2009 was 18.1 percent of smartphones sold an iPhone was dropped in the fourth quarter to 16.6 percent.

The sales of the iPhone increased by 18 percent, but because the market for smartphones grew 26 percent, yet lost the Apple smartphone market share, writes the Wall Street Journal based on figures from ABI Research. Apple sold 8.7 million iPhones in the fourth quarter. During the same period, worldwide total of between 50 and 55 million smartphones sold. Market leader in the smartphone market is still Nokia, which holds 40 percent claim .Other major players are Blackberry-maker RIM, HTC and Samsung.

It is unknown whether the market share of Apple's smartphone in the Netherlands is declining. According to club iPhone iPhone owners now have T-Mobile approached with an offer to renew their subscription. The telco will probably retain as many customers, the company now is about the right to exclusively sell the Apple smartphone in the Netherlands lose .

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4 iPhone is launched in China

4 iPhone is launched in China

In China, this week the 4 iPhone launch and it was a madhouse. More than 1,000 people stood alone on the new Apple store in Beijing waiting. And some were there for over 2 days to wait. That is too ridiculous for words. But much has changed in the world. China has a real factor and it is not strange, because as there are in the country over 800 million people with a mobile phone. The size of the market and slightly easier entry into the market faster everything goes.

Difference Market Share Availability iPhone 3G and iPhone 4 in China

2 years ago with the introduction of 3G models were given the Chinese the only option to purchase such equipment in China. Now with the introduction of the iPhone, this phone is already available in April after three months after the device was launched in America. So that's a nice difference, but yes the commercial opportunities are great in the country. Signed as many as 50,000 people just on the first day on the new phone from Apple and that is 10x as much as with the 3G. On the 3G model, then just signed almost 5,000 people. There is so much in recent times have changed.

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iPhone loses market share in fourth quarter 2009

In the last quarter of 2009, the share of the iPhone world wide slightly decreased . According to research from ABI Research.

The market share fell from 18.1% in the third quarter of 2009 to 16.6% in the subsequent quarter. Sales of iPhones have also increased in this period (18%), but the entire market for smartphones grew faster (+26%), so Apple had to surrender market share. In total in the fourth quarter were 8.7 million iPhones were sold.

The slight decrease in market share can be attributed to competition from Android and Nokia. These brands have recently introduced new models, while a new version of the iPhone is expected until the summer

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IPhone market share continues to increase

Despite iPad the market share of the iPhones grows. Apple conquered this yearly 16.1 per cent of the Smartphone of market in the first quarter and made thus the largest leap. The unexpectedly high international demand for that iPhone contributed to it. 

If Apple still lay in the first quarter 2009 with 10,9 per cent market share in the 

Smartphone segment, then the portion in the first quarter of this yearly rose to 16,1 per cent. IDC (international DATA corporation) in its market share report published these numbers.

To lead back of Apple is success also iPhone on the large international demand for that. In own words Apple registered breath-taking growth rates for example in Pacific Asia, which covers the area east and Southeast Asia, Australia and Ozeanien. Here the iPhone added by 474 per cent. In Japan the numbers grew by 183, in Europe by 133 per cent.

Smartphone manufacturers sold in the first quarter altogether 54.7 million devices, an increase from 56,7 per cent to the previous year. Thus Smartphones have a portion of 18,8 per cent of the entire mobile telephone market. In the year 2009 there was still 14.4 per cent.

RIM still is with the world market portion on the second place behind Nokia, however already feels the hot breath of Apple in the neck

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