Apple is the top smartphone vendor in the world in the fourth quarter of 2011 with a market share of 23.8 percent, according to analyst Gartner. During the year 2011, Apple was the top vendor with a market share of 19 percent.
In second place is occupied by Samsung at the same time closing the gap with Apple. But Samsung is still on the Apple on sales volume. Nokia's market share that once dominated the smartphone market by 23.8 percent, but Nokia's market share continued to erode.
"Western Europe and North America is a growing base of smart phones Apple iPhone in the fourth quarter in 2011," said Roberta Cozza Researcher at Gartner in a statement.
Android operating system continues to grow with a market share of 46.5 percent in 2011. Although Android growth decreased at the end of last year after the launch of Apple iPhone 4s with a stake of 50.9 percent in the fourth quarter and 52.5 percent in the third quarter last year.
Meanwhile, RIM's market share of the operating system into a bad period in 2011. RIM shares continued to fall since 2009 from 19.9 percent in 2009, 16.6 per cent in 2010 and 10.9 percent in 2011.
Microsoft's stock also fell to 1.8 percent from 10 percent in 2008, while the Nokia Symbian operating system is reduced by half from 37.3 percent in 2010 to 18.7 percent in 2011 in the transition to Windows Phone.
Gartner expects Android growth continues to grow with the influx of newcomers ZTE and Huawei making Android smartphones are increasingly popular with cheap.
Sources: Antara
In second place is occupied by Samsung at the same time closing the gap with Apple. But Samsung is still on the Apple on sales volume. Nokia's market share that once dominated the smartphone market by 23.8 percent, but Nokia's market share continued to erode.
"Western Europe and North America is a growing base of smart phones Apple iPhone in the fourth quarter in 2011," said Roberta Cozza Researcher at Gartner in a statement.
Android operating system continues to grow with a market share of 46.5 percent in 2011. Although Android growth decreased at the end of last year after the launch of Apple iPhone 4s with a stake of 50.9 percent in the fourth quarter and 52.5 percent in the third quarter last year.
Meanwhile, RIM's market share of the operating system into a bad period in 2011. RIM shares continued to fall since 2009 from 19.9 percent in 2009, 16.6 per cent in 2010 and 10.9 percent in 2011.
Microsoft's stock also fell to 1.8 percent from 10 percent in 2008, while the Nokia Symbian operating system is reduced by half from 37.3 percent in 2010 to 18.7 percent in 2011 in the transition to Windows Phone.
Gartner expects Android growth continues to grow with the influx of newcomers ZTE and Huawei making Android smartphones are increasingly popular with cheap.
Sources: Antara
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