Gartner: Nokia & Symbian Still Lead Worldwide Mobile Phone S

[Apocalypso]

According To Gartner Nokia and Symbian Still Lead Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales



In a report published today, market research and advisory company Gartner said that Nokia as well as Symbian still lead worldwide mobile phone sales while Android creeping up slowly.

Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 1.211 billion units in 2009, a 0.9 per cent decline from 2008, according to Gartner, Inc. In the fourth quarter of 2009, the market registered a single-digit growth as mobile phone sales to end users surpassed 340 million units, an 8.3 per cent increase from the fourth quarter of 2008.

"The mobile devices market finished on a very positive note, driven by growth in smartphones and low-end devices," said Carolina Milanesi, research director at Gartner. ”Smartphone sales to end users continued their strong growth in the fou... .. .

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Teo

[sapporobaby]

Nokia is lucky to have low end models to fall back on to save its ass. If they had to compete with only S60, or only one model they would get their ass kicked.

[Nokia 5700]

As usual.
This will probably keep on for atleast 5 years.