Apple Passes RIM to Become No. 4 Global Mobile Phone Vendor
The IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker claims that Apple's record Q3 this year was exactly what it needed to bypass RIM and take over the fourth spot on their list of global mobile phone vendors. Apple is currently still behind, Nokia, Samsung and LG according to a report from Business Wire. Apple has been a dominant force in mobile phones since the introduction of the original iPhone 3 years ago but has never been able to sneak into the top 5 list of global mobile phone vendors. Their arrival into the top 5 knocked out Sony Ericsson devices the first time since IDC started this survey back in 2004.
IDC senior research analyst had some interesting thoughts on this achievement by Apple:
The entrance of Apple to the top 5 vendor ranking underscores the increased importance of smartphones to the overall market. Moreover, the mobile phone makers that are delivering popular smartphone models are among the fastest growing firms.
Apple has clearly dominated in terms of growth year-over-year as well, shooting up just over 90% while the next closest competitor, RIM, grew just under 46%. Nokia and Samsung are still a considerable amount ahead of Apple as far as market share goes but LG is slowly declining which could allow for Apple to eventually slide into the number 3 position.
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by Brian Tufo
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Impressive any way you slice the numbers...
Especially since the top three manufacturers produce extremely low cost phones and have a very large product line. You don't see pizza delivery services handing their employees iphone's! They're getting the 1998 "beep, beep, beep" nokia phones.
Exactly right. The fact the iPhone isn't cheap as opposed to Nokia and others is impressive that apple has made such a dent.