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Market Share Analysis: Mobile Devices, Worldwide, 1Q12
15 May 2012
 
Anshul Gupta   Roberta Cozza   Tuong Huy Nguyen   Carolina Milanesi   Hugues J. De La Vergne   Annette Zimmermann   CK Lu  

In 1Q12, users bought 419.1 million mobile devices, down 2% on the same period last year. Devices with open operating systems (smartphones) accounted for over 34% of mobile device sales. Samsung is now the leading brand in both the overall mobile device market and the open-OS device market.




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Table of Contents

Contents
  • Market Share Data
  • Analysis
    • Overall Market Segment Performance Analysis
      • Overall Sales Below Expectations as Demand Slowed
      • Open-OS Devices Continue to Push Overall Sales Growth
      • Samsung and Apple Dominate the Open-OS Device Market
    • Top Vendors Analyzed
      • Samsung
      • Nokia
      • Apple
      • ZTE
      • LG
      • Huawei Device
      • Research In Motion
      • Motorola Mobility
      • Sony Mobile Communications
      • HTC
      • TCL
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Recommended Reading
Tables
Table 1.
Mobile Device Market Share, Unit Sales, 1Q12 (Thousands)
Table 2.
Mobile Device Market Share, Shipments, 1Q12 (Millions)




Document History:
 
Market Share Analysis: Mobile Phones, Worldwide, 1Q13
13 May 2013
  
Market Share Analysis: Mobile Phones, Worldwide, 4Q12 and 2012
12 February 2013
  
Market Share Analysis: Mobile Phones, Worldwide, 3Q12
13 November 2012
  
Market Share Analysis: Mobile Devices, Worldwide, 2Q12
13 August 2012
  
Market Share Analysis: Mobile Devices, Worldwide, 1Q12
15 May 2012
  
Market Share Analysis: Mobile Devices, Worldwide, 4Q11 and 2011
14 February 2012
  
Market Share Analysis: Mobile Devices, Worldwide, 3Q11
14 November 2011
  
Market Share Analysis: Mobile Devices, Worldwide, 2Q11
10 August 2011
  




This document is published in the following Dataquest Market Insights:
 
Mobile Communications Worldwide
Telecom Equipment Europe
Telecom and Internet Markets Asia/Pacific
Mobile Devices Worldwide




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