Top Five Worldwide Smartphone Vendors

IDC released the top five smartphone vendors in the world.

Chart: Top Five Worldwide Smartphone Vendors, 4Q 2011, Five Quarter Market Share Changes (Units)Description: Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, February 6 2012 Note: Vendor shipments are branded shipments and exclude OEM sales for all vendors. IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker provides smart phone and feature phone market data in 54 countries by vendor, device type, air interface, operating systems and platforms, and generation. Over 20 additional technical segmentations are provided. The data is provided four times a year and includes historical and forecast trend analysis. For more information, or to subscribe to the research, please contact Kathy Nagamine at 1-650-350-6423 or knagamine@idc.com. For more information about this tracker go to: http://www.idc.com/tracker/showproductinfo.jsp?prod_id=37Tags: IDC, Mobile Phone Tracker, Smartphone, Smartphone Vendors, Samsung, Ap ...Author: IDCcharts powered by iCharts

According to IDC, the worldwide smartphone market grew 54.7% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2011. This growth was driven by  Apple's iPhone 4S release into the marketplace. The leaders in the market are Nokia (27.6 %) and Apple (15.9%). 

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