Gartner has released a look at the worldwide sale of cellphones, and while Nokia is still the biggest phone manufacturer in the world, it’s hemorrhaging market share like nobodies business — and that’s including dumbphones. Looking at all phone sales, Apple is the only purely smartphone creator in the top 5, increasing their market share from 2.4% to 4.6%.
Once you look at smartphones only, the story gets a bit more interesting. Worldwide, both Android and iOS are climbing noticeably, with Symbian, Blackberry and Microsoft all losing substantial market share. While Nokia has lost 18% of the market over the last year, their huge presence in Europe and Asia keeps them above Apple, who now sit at 18.2%. The real winner is Android, climbing from 17.2% up to 43.4% over the last year.
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While I agree Android did grow, they are competing with themselves. Well Google is fine but the companies that use the OS are not making money. HTC is the only winner of the Android OS, everyone else is losing in my opinion. Apple is doing amazing with only one phone while others make a bunch of different phones which will lead to a larger amount of shipments and sale.