Apple si Samsung sunt cei mai mari producatori de smartphone-uri de pe glob si impreuna genereaza 46.5% din vanzarile intregii industrii. Informatiile vin dintr-un studiu al Gartner, iar conform lor, Android-ul ar avea cum o cota de piata de 72.4% la nivel global si aici luam in calcul toate tipurile de telefoane mobile vandute la nivel global. Cresterea inregistrata de Android OS fata de aceeasi perioada a anului trecut este de 20% si asta in timp ce restul sistemelor de operare au inregistrat doar scaderi. Ca sa fiu sincer cred ca Android-ul a crescut destul fata de anul trecut, insa imi vine extrem de greu sa cred ca iOS-ul a scazut, avand in vedere ca Apple a vandut mult mai mult decat in aceeasi perioada a anului trecut.
Samsung’s mobile phones sales continued to accelerate, totaling almost 98 million units in the third quarter of 2012 (see Table 1), up 18.6 percent year-on-year. Samsung saw strong demand for Galaxy smartphones across different price points, and it further widened the gap with Apple in the smartphone market, selling 55 million smartphones in the third quarter of 2012. It commanded 32.5 percent of the global smartphone market in the third quarter of 2012.
Problema la studiile de acest gen este ca Samsung refuza sa spuna cat vine si totul se bazeaza doar pe estimari, asa ca Samsung ar fi putut vinde 55 de milioane de smartphone-uri sau 155 de milioane, nimeni n-ar fi stiut cifra exacta. Samsung este probabil lider pe piata smartphone-urilor si pe cea a telefoanelor mobile, insa nu cred ca diferenta fata de ceilalti competitori este chiar atat de mare precat cred unii analisti. Lasand la o parte Apple si Samsung, din pacate RIM si Nokia au inregistrat scaderi puternice fata de aceeasi perioada a anului trecut si e pacat sa nua vem pe piata mai mult de 2 companii care se lupta pentru locul 1.
In the smartphone market, Android continued to increase its market share, up 19.9 percentage points in the third quarter of 2012. Although RIM lost market share, it climbed to the No. 3 position as Symbian is nearing the end of its lifecycle. There was also channel destocking in preparation of new device launches for RIM, which resulted into 8.9 million sales to end users in the third quarter of 2012. With the launch of iPhone 5, Gartner analysts expect iOS share will grow strongly in the fourth quarter of 2012 because users held on to their replacements in many markets ahead of the iPhone 5 wider roll out. Windows Phone’s share weakened year-on-year as the Windows Phone 8 launch dampened demand of Windows Phone 7 devices.
