The latest market estimates from Canalys show some major changes happening in the worldwide market for smart mobile devices, with new names appearing in the global top five.
Highlights
- High Mitsubishi and Sharp Q1 2006 shipments in Japan boost Symbian
- Nokia’s year-on-year growth of 60% meant it increased its market share slightly, helped by demand for highly popular multimedia models such as the N70.
- RIM made substantial gains to strengthen its position in second, growing at 85% and overtaking Palm both globally and in the US market for the first time.
- Palm posted slight growth overall, but slipped to third in the worldwide rankings. Canalys estimates that Treo smart phone shipments were up 44% on the same quarter one year ago, but the Treo is yet to gain traction outside the US.
- The increased activity from the Japanese vendors has also helped the Asia-Pacific region overtake EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) in overall quarterly smart mobile device sales for the first time since Canalys began tracking this market six years ago. In Q1 2006, Asia-Pacific represented 46% of all shipments compared to 39% for EMEA and 15% for the Americas.
Charts (market shares Q1 2006, Q1 2005)
- Worldwide total smart mobile device market
- Worldwide handheld market
- Worldwide converged smart mobile device market
For more information visit Canalys’ web page.