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10-28-2009, 12:40 AM
While iPhone shipments are growing quickly, smartphones based on the Symbian operating system remain dominant and will continue to grow over the next several years, reports In-Stat http://www.in-stat.com (http://www.in-stat.com/). However, Symbian will wane, resulting in a drop in net Symbian-based smartphone shipments in 2014.
Meanwhile, the basis of competition will change from the OS to the functionality and “user experiences” that the phone can provide. The advanced feature sets of smartphones continue to evolve as users demand capabilities such as touch screens, increased camera resolution and Wi-Fi connectivity options.
In-Stat believes new OSs such as Android and Maemo will cut away at Symbian market share. Although there are relatively few open source OS-based smartphones in the market today, the open source OS momentum is difficult to ignore. After years of hype, it is easy to see that 2010 will be the year of Android.
Allen Nogee, an analyst at In-Stat (http://www.instat.com) foresees big gains for Android in 2010, even enabling the upstart OS to grab share away from Nokia's Symbian, the worldwide leader in mobile phone software according to internetnews.com.
"In-Stat believes new OSes such as Android and Maemo [another open source OS backed by Nokia] will cut away at Symbian market share," Nogee said in a statement. "Although there are relatively few open source [operating systems] ... on the market today, the open source OS momentum is difficult to ignore. After years of hype, it is easy to see that 2010 will the year of Android," he said.
But that doesn't mean Apple's iPhone OS and RIM's BlackBerry OS aren't also performing well.
"RIM OS has been gaining market share in the non-enterprise segment, speaking to the importance of clever hardware design in the segment, while iPhone sales are projected to grow from 13.7 million in 2008 to 24 million in 2009 as Apple continues to lead innovation in the market that it re-invented," Nogee said.
Recent research by In-Stat found the following:
Shipments of smartphones with touch screens will more than double from 2008 to 2009.
RIM OS has been gaining market share in the non-enterprise segment, speaking to the importance of clever hardware design in the segment.
The total smartphone market in 2014 will be 412 million units.
Shipments of smartphone with accelerometers will grow to over 350 million units by 2014.
Over 52% of a smartphones cost is made-up by displays (touch screens), baseband and apps processors, and software and licensing make-up. Clearly, making a phone “smart” has significant cost impacts.
Source: In-Stat
Meanwhile, the basis of competition will change from the OS to the functionality and “user experiences” that the phone can provide. The advanced feature sets of smartphones continue to evolve as users demand capabilities such as touch screens, increased camera resolution and Wi-Fi connectivity options.
In-Stat believes new OSs such as Android and Maemo will cut away at Symbian market share. Although there are relatively few open source OS-based smartphones in the market today, the open source OS momentum is difficult to ignore. After years of hype, it is easy to see that 2010 will be the year of Android.
Allen Nogee, an analyst at In-Stat (http://www.instat.com) foresees big gains for Android in 2010, even enabling the upstart OS to grab share away from Nokia's Symbian, the worldwide leader in mobile phone software according to internetnews.com.
"In-Stat believes new OSes such as Android and Maemo [another open source OS backed by Nokia] will cut away at Symbian market share," Nogee said in a statement. "Although there are relatively few open source [operating systems] ... on the market today, the open source OS momentum is difficult to ignore. After years of hype, it is easy to see that 2010 will the year of Android," he said.
But that doesn't mean Apple's iPhone OS and RIM's BlackBerry OS aren't also performing well.
"RIM OS has been gaining market share in the non-enterprise segment, speaking to the importance of clever hardware design in the segment, while iPhone sales are projected to grow from 13.7 million in 2008 to 24 million in 2009 as Apple continues to lead innovation in the market that it re-invented," Nogee said.
Recent research by In-Stat found the following:
Shipments of smartphones with touch screens will more than double from 2008 to 2009.
RIM OS has been gaining market share in the non-enterprise segment, speaking to the importance of clever hardware design in the segment.
The total smartphone market in 2014 will be 412 million units.
Shipments of smartphone with accelerometers will grow to over 350 million units by 2014.
Over 52% of a smartphones cost is made-up by displays (touch screens), baseband and apps processors, and software and licensing make-up. Clearly, making a phone “smart” has significant cost impacts.
Source: In-Stat