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Converged mobile device market worldwide recorded sales of 18.9 million units in Q1, an increase of 7.5% over the fourth quarter of 2005 and 67.8% over Q1 of 2005, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Nokia is leading the market with 43.2% share, followed by Panasonic (10%), NEC (9.5%), RIM Blackberry ( 7.7%) and Sharp (5.7%).
Highlights:
- Nokia experienced a 12.2% decrease in shipments following the holiday quarter, after reaching a record level during Q4 2005 with 9.3 million units shipped. Furthermore, Nokia’s marketshare dropped from 48.4% in Q1 2005 to 43.2% in Q1 2006.
- Panasonic grew its shipments 28.3% from the previous quarter and an impressive 65.1% over the same quarter a year ago.
- NEC trailed Panasonic by hundred thousand units. The company continues to see quarterly gains in Japan and posted a 32.6% sequential increase in the first quarter along with 57.0% year-over-year growth.
- After shipping nearly 1.5 million units, Research In Motion posted sequential growth of 12.4% over 4Q05 and year-over-year growth of 85.7%.
- Sharp which entered the smartphone market in late 2005, shipped over a million units in Q106 and posted a 174.4% sequential increase in the process, collecting 5.7% worldwide market share.
For more information, visit IDC.
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
