Mobile phone Market (Market Shares, Sales Shares, Profit Shares)

Market Shares of Mobile phone vendors

Sales Shares of major Mobile phone vendors

Profit Shares of major Mobile phone vendors

Source:
http://www.asymco.com/2011/01/31/fourth-quarter-mobile-phone-industry-overview

Smartphone Market

Smartphone sales, Q4 2010

Market shares in % of Q4 2010 shipments:
1. Google (Android): 32.9 %
2. Nokia (Symbian): 30.6 %
3. Apple (iOS): 16%
4. RIM (BlackBerry OS): 14.4%
5. Microsoft (Windows Phone 7): 3.1%
Others: 2.9%
Total: 100%

Q4 2010 shipments in million units (% change YOY: i.e. vs. Q4 2009):
Google (Android): 33.3 Mu (+615.1%)
Nokia (Symbian): 31 Mu (+30%)
Apple (iOS): 16.2 Mu (+85.9%)
RIM (BlackBerry OS): 14.6 Mu (+36%)
Microsoft (Windows Phone 7): 3.1 Mu (-20.3%)
Others: 3 Mu (+64.8%)
Total: 101.2 Mu (+88.6%)

Source:
http://www.canalys.com/pr/2011/r2011013.pdf

Global mobile phone market

Global mobile phone market (2010 Data):

1.39 billion units shipped (+18.5%) in 2010
401.4 Mu (+17.9%) in Q4 2010
Global mobile phone worldwide shipments by Brands:
1. Nokia,
2. Samsung,
3. LG,
4. ZTE,
5. Apple


Smartphone Market (+43.7%e) in 2011
Europe Top Sellers:
1. iPhone 4 (iOS 4.x),
2. HTC Desire (Android 2.1),
3. Nokia N8 (Symbian^3),
4. Samsung Galaxy S (Android 2.1),
5. Blackberry 8520 (Blackberry OS 5.x)

Source:
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/global-mobile-phone-market-grows-179-in-q4

2011 Apps Stores Market

2011 Apps Stores Market Data (in million downloads per day):

1. Apple / iOS / iPhone / App Store: ~10M/d
10 000 million (http://www.apple.com/itunes/10-billion-app-countdown/) in 2.5 years (10 July 2008: http://techcrunch.com/2008/07/10/app-store-launches-upgrade-itunes-now/)

2. Google / Android / Android Market: ~5M/d
3 000 million (http://www.androlib.com/appstats.aspx) in 2 years (22 Oct. 2008: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/10/android-market-now-available-for-users.html)
300 000 Android phones activated per day (http://www.clickonf5.org/mobile/300000-android-phones-activated-daily/10053)

3. Nokia / Ovi (including J2ME & Symbian): ~3.5M/d
3.5 million / day (http://www.forum.nokia.com/Distribute/Ovi_Store_statistics.xhtml) in 1.5 years (26 May 2009: http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1317441)

4. RIM / BlackBerry / App World: ~1.5M/d
~ 1.5 M / d http://www.berryreview.com/2010/09/27/blackberry-app-world-1-5-million-apps-downloaded-a-day/ in 2 years (1 April 2009: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/RIM-Launches-BlackBerry-App-World-NASDAQ-RIMM-968860.htm)

5. Samsung / Bada / Samsung Apps: < 0.1 M/d
2 million (http://www.telecompaper.com/news/samsung-apps-downloads-hit-2-million) in 1 year (16 Sept. 2009: http://asia.cnet.com/crave/2009/09/16/samsung-application-store-launched/)
5M Bada devices (http://www.intomobile.com/2010/12/13/samsung-5-million-bada-smartphones/)

6. MicroSoft / Windows Phone 7: < 0.1 M/d
1.5 M units sold (http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/Features/2010/dec10/12-21AchimBergQA.mspx)

7. HP / Palm / HP webOS: < 0.1 M/d
>1M in 2009: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/palm-app-catalog-hits-a-million-downloads/
30 M downloads in total (http://www.precentral.net/palm-app-catalog-tops-30-million-downloads)

8. MicroSoft / Windows Mobile: < 0.1 M/d
Superseded by Windows Phone 7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Mobile


9. MeeGo (Linux from Moblin (Intel) & Maemo (Nokia)): 0 M/d
No Device Yet but Soon: http://meego.com/


NB: GetJar claims 3 million / day, 1 000 million (http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/07/29/independent-mobile-app-store-getjar-now-seeing-3-millions-downloads-per-day/) in 6 years (2004: http://www.getjar.com/about/frequently-asked-questions/)

2011: the NFC year for Mobiles ?

Now that 2010 is over. So what is next in Mobile for 2011 ?

NFC ?

Here is a list of what COULD happen in 2011:
25-29 January 2011: Apple to announce iPhone 5 with NFC ? : No !
http://www.macworldexpo.com/
14-17 February 2011: NFC adoption for Android mobile phones (Samsung, ...) to be announced at MWC (*)
http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/
14-17 February: BlackBerry announce NFC support ?
http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/16/jim-balsillie-says-blackberry-playbook-has-a-module-cavity-hi/
14-17 February: Nokia announce NFC support ?
http://mobile.engadget.com/2010/10/21/nokia-c7-has-nfc-capability-wont-say-what-its-for-yet/
19-21 Apr: Updates on NFC deployments at WIMA
http://www.wima.mc
10-11 May: Google announce NFC adoption at Google I/O
http://www.google.com/events/io/2010/
June: Apple to announce iPhone 5 with NFC at WWDC ?
http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/
October: PayPal announce NFC support at PayPal X Innovate 2011 ?
http://www.paypal-xinnovate.com/
15-17 December: Volume announcements of NFC Cards & NFC Mobiles at Cartes 2011 ?
http://www.cartes.com/

(*)
Cf. What did happen in 2010:
Aug. 2010: http://emoney.allthingsd.com/20101213/google-acquires-zetawire-for-mobile-payments-tech/
15 Nov. 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCUH8STTfyU
5 Dec. 2010: http://www.nxp.com/news/content/file_1796.html

Update:
TechCrunch put NFC in it's "Seven Technologies That Will Rock 2011"
http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/02/seven-technologies-that-will-rock-2011/

Happy New Year from the MobiNear Team for 2011 !