Milestone
Market researcher IDC has released its latest figures for the smartphone market in Q4 2010 and for the whole year. Smartphone shipments almost doubled year-on-year to over 100 million units in Q4.
Last month IDC published its preliminary figures for global PC shipments in Q4. They grew by a mere 2.7 percent to around 92 million units.
That means, according to IDC's figures, smartphone shipments overtook those of PC for the first time in Q4 2010.
This is just a milestone, but it's a pretty significant one. Of course the definition of ‘smartphone' is open to debate, but it should encapsulate hand-held devices with Internet connectivity and computing functionality. Mini-PCs, in other words.
To put all this into perspective we've reproduced some IDC tables below, showing the smartphone, PC and total phone markets. Note smartphones should overtake PCs on a full-year basis and they remain only a small minority of total mobile phones shipped.
Top Five Smartphone Vendors, Shipments, and Market Share, Q4 2010 (Units in Millions)
|
Vendor |
4Q10 Units Shipped |
4Q10 Market Share |
4Q09 Units Shipped |
4Q09 Market Share |
Year-over-year growth |
|
Nokia |
28.3 |
28.0% |
20.8 |
38.6% |
36.1% |
|
Apple |
16.2 |
16.1% |
8.7 |
16.1% |
86.2% |
|
Research In Motion |
14.6 |
14.5% |
10.7 |
19.9% |
36.4% |
|
Samsung |
9.7 |
9.6% |
1.8 |
3.3% |
438.9% |
|
HTC |
8.6 |
8.5% |
2.4 |
4.5% |
258.3% |
|
Others |
23.5 |
23.3% |
9.5 |
17.6% |
147.4% |
|
Total |
100.9 |
100.0% |
53.9 |
100.0% |
87.2% |
Top Five Smartphone Vendors, Shipments, and Market Share, Calendar Year 2010 (Units in Millions)
|
Vendor |
2010 Units Shipped |
2010 Market Share |
2009 Units Shipped |
2009 Market Share |
Year-over-year growth |
|
Nokia |
100.3 |
33.1% |
67.7 |
39.0% |
48.2% |
|
Research In Motion |
48.8 |
16.1% |
34.5 |
19.9% |
41.4% |
|
Apple |
47.5 |
15.7% |
25.1 |
14.5% |
89.2% |
|
Samsung |
23 |
7.6% |
5.5 |
3.2% |
318.2% |
|
HTC |
21.5 |
7.1% |
8.1 |
4.7% |
165.4% |
|
Others |
61.5 |
20.3% |
32.6 |
18.8% |
88.7% |
|
Total |
302.6 |
100.0% |
173.5 |
100.0% |
74.4% |
Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, January 27, 2011.
Note: Vendor shipments are branded shipments and exclude OEM sales for all vendors.
Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide PC Shipments, Fourth Quarter 2010 (Preliminary) (Units Shipments are in thousands)
|
Rank |
Vendor |
4Q10 |
Market |
4Q09 |
Market |
4Q10/4Q09 |
|
1 |
HP |
17,955 |
19.5% |
18,115 |
20.2% |
-0.9% |
|
2 |
Dell |
11,140 |
12.1% |
10,686 |
11.9% |
4.2% |
|
3 |
Acer Group |
9,775 |
10.6% |
11,505 |
12.8% |
-15.0% |
|
4 |
Lenovo |
9,551 |
10.4% |
7,888 |
8.8% |
21.1% |
|
5 |
Toshiba |
5,347 |
5.8% |
4,768 |
5.3% |
12.1% |
|
Others |
38,308 |
41.6% |
36,687 |
40.9% |
4.4% |
|
|
All Vendors |
92,075 |
100.0% |
89,649 |
100.0% |
2.7% |
Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide PC Shipments, 2010 (Preliminary) (Units Shipments are in thousands)
|
Rank |
Vendor |
2010 |
Market |
2009 |
Market |
2010/2009 |
|
1 |
HP |
64,213 |
18.5% |
60,072 |
19.7% |
6.9% |
|
2 |
Dell |
43,403 |
12.5% |
38,419 |
12.6% |
13.0% |
|
3 |
Acer Group |
42,430 |
12.3% |
38,412 |
12.6% |
10.5% |
|
4 |
Lenovo |
34,182 |
9.9% |
24,904 |
8.2% |
37.3% |
|
5 |
Toshiba |
19,095 |
5.5% |
15,837 |
5.2% |
20.6% |
|
Others |
142,874 |
41.3% |
127,139 |
41.7% |
12.4% |
|
|
All Vendors |
346,198 |
100.0% |
304,783 |
100.0% |
13.6% |
Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker, January 12, 2011
|
Top Five Mobile Phone Vendors, Shipments, and Market Share, Q4 2010 (Units in Millions) |
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|
Vendor |
4Q10 Unit Shipments |
4Q10 Market Share |
4Q09 Unit Shipments |
4Q09 Market Share |
Year-over-year Change |
|
|
Nokia |
123.7 |
30.8% |
126.8 |
37.2% |
-2.4% |
|
|
Samsung |
80.7 |
20.1% |
68.8 |
20.2% |
17.3% |
|
|
LG Electronics |
30.6 |
7.6% |
33.9 |
10.0% |
-9.7% |
|
|
ZTE |
16.8 |
4.2% |
9.5 |
2.8% |
76.8% |
|
|
Apple |
16.2 |
4.0% |
8.7 |
2.6% |
86.2% |
|
|
Others |
133.4 |
33.2% |
92.8 |
27.3% |
43.8% |
|
|
Total |
401.4 |
100.0% |
340.5 |
100.0% |
17.9% |
|
Top Five Mobile Phone Vendors, Shipments, and Market Share, 2010 (Units in Millions) |
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|
Vendor |
2010 Unit Shipments |
2010 Market Share |
2009 Unit Shipments |
2009 Market Share |
Year-over-year Change |
|
Nokia |
453.0 |
32.6% |
431.8 |
36.9% |
4.9% |
|
Samsung |
280.2 |
20.2% |
227.2 |
19.4% |
23.3% |
|
LG Electronics |
116.7 |
8.4% |
117.9 |
10.1% |
-1.0% |
|
ZTE |
51.8 |
3.7% |
26.7 |
2.3% |
94.0% |
|
Research In Motion |
48.8 |
3.5% |
34.5 |
2.9% |
41.4% |
|
Others |
437.7 |
31.5% |
333.5 |
28.5% |
31.2% |
|
Total |
1388.2 |
100.0% |
1171.6 |
100.0% |
18.5% |
Source: IDC Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, January 27, 2011
