Smartphone Q4 Sales Surge With Apple And Android Increases

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Published: February 15, 2012 6:10 am

Gartner released its research about Q4 2011 smartphone sales. The data was pretty much as expected. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android based phones added market share. Weaklings which include former market leader Nokia (NYSE: NOK) lost ground. The change in fortunes among the companies appears to be set in stone now. At least most analysts see it that way . It is a wonder that Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) does not give up the business completely.

Total smartphone sales rose 47.3% in the period to 149 million units. Gartner added

Total smartphone sales in 2011 reached 472 million units and accounted for 31 percent of all mobile devices sales, up 58 percent from 2010.

Among all handsets sold, smartphones or otherwise, Nokia sold 111.7 million down from 122.3 million in the fourth quarter of last year. Samsung, champion of the Android OS has an increase to 92.7 million from 72.1 million last year. Apple’s sales rose from 16 million to 35.5 million

Worldwide Mobile Device Sales to End Users by Vendor in 4Q11 (Thousands of Units)

Company	4Q11 Units	4Q11 Market Share (%)	4Q10 Units	4Q10 Market Share (%)
Nokia	111,699.4	23.4	122,278.1	27.1
Samsung	92,682.3	19.4	79,168.7	17.5
Apple	35,456.0	7.4	16,011.1	3.5
ZTE	18,915.1	4.0	9,033.9	2.0
LG Electronics	16,938.3	3.6	30,119.1	6.7
Huawei	13,966.2	2.9	7,824.0	1.7
Research In Motion	13,184.5	2.8	14,762.0	3.3
HTC	10,837.4	2.3	8,907.0	2.0
Motorola	10,075.3	2.1	10,908.4	2.4
Alcatel	9,004.7	1.9	7,997.9	1.8
Others	143,795.8	30.2	145,026.3	32.1
Total	476,554.9	100.0	452,036.5	100.0

Source: Gartner (February 2012)

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