Worldwide Smartphone sales have jumped amazingly. The high growth can be attributed to the fact great features and capabilities of the Smartphones which enables you to do almost anything.
And with the Smartphones, the adoption of Android has beaten all the market and consumers' expectations. Not are the major telecom companies adopting Android but even the consumers are preferring Android based phones.
Smartphone
As per a recent report from Gartner, worldwide mobile device sales to end users totaled 1.6 billion units in 2010, a 31.8 percent increase from 2009 (see Table below). Smartphone sales were up 72.1 percent from 2009 and accounted for 19 percent of total mobile communications device sales in 2010.
Worldwide Mobile Device Sales to End Users in 2010 (Thousands of Units)
Source: Gartner (February 2011)
Android
Android’s amazing growth has become the stuff of a legend. The report pointed out, “In the Smartphone operating system (OS) market, Android grew 888.8 percent in 2010 and moved to the No. 2 position. Android sales in the fourth quarter of 2010 continued to be driven by broad availability of many high-end products from HTC (Desire range, Incredible and EVO), Samsung (Galaxy S) and Motorola (Droid X, Droid 2).
Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users by Operating System in 2010 (Thousands of Units)
Source: Gartner (February 2011)
And with the Smartphones, the adoption of Android has beaten all the market and consumers' expectations. Not are the major telecom companies adopting Android but even the consumers are preferring Android based phones.
Smartphone
As per a recent report from Gartner, worldwide mobile device sales to end users totaled 1.6 billion units in 2010, a 31.8 percent increase from 2009 (see Table below). Smartphone sales were up 72.1 percent from 2009 and accounted for 19 percent of total mobile communications device sales in 2010.
| Company | 2010 Units | 2010Market Share (%) | 2009 Units | 2009 Market Share (%) |
| Nokia | 461,318.2 | 28.9 | 440,881.6 | 36.4 |
| Samsung | 281,065.8 | 17.6 | 235,772.0 | 19.5 |
| LG Electronics | 114,154.6 | 7.1 | 121,972.1 | 10.1 |
| Research In Motion | 47,451.6 | 3.0 | 34,346.6 | 2.8 |
| Apple | 46,598.3 | 2.9 | 24,889.7 | 2.1 |
| Sony Ericsson | 41,819.2 | 2.6 | 54,956.6 | 4.5 |
| Motorola | 38,553.7 | 2.4 | 58,475.2 | 4.8 |
| ZTE | 28,768.7 | 1.8 | 16,026.1 | 1.3 |
| HTC | 24,688.4 | 1.5 | 10,811.9 | 0.9 |
| Huawei | 23,814.7 | 1.5 | 13,490.6 | 1.1 |
| Others | 488,569.3 | 30.6 | 199,617.2 | 16.5 |
| Total | 1,596,802.4 | 100.0 | 1,211,239.6 | 100.0 |
Android
Android’s amazing growth has become the stuff of a legend. The report pointed out, “In the Smartphone operating system (OS) market, Android grew 888.8 percent in 2010 and moved to the No. 2 position. Android sales in the fourth quarter of 2010 continued to be driven by broad availability of many high-end products from HTC (Desire range, Incredible and EVO), Samsung (Galaxy S) and Motorola (Droid X, Droid 2).
| Company | 2010 Units | 2010 Market Share (%) | 2009 Units | 2009 Market Share (%) |
| Symbian | 111,576.7 | 37.6 | 80,878.3 | 46.9 |
| Android | 67,224.5 | 22.7 | 6,798.4 | 3.9 |
| Research In Motion | 47,451.6 | 16.0 | 34,346.6 | 19.9 |
| iOS | 46,598.3 | 15.7 | 24,889.7 | 14.4 |
| Microsoft | 12,378.2 | 4.2 | 15,031.0 | 8.7 |
| Other Oss | 11417.4 | 3.8 | 10432.1 | 6.1 |
| Total | 296,646.6 | 100.0 | 172,376.1 | 100.0 |
