1/16th of the Human Race Buys a Mobile Device, Q1 2011

The Gartner research group's latest press release reveals that an astounding 428 million mobile communications devices shipped in Q1 2011. That's a 19% increase, year-over-year, and most of the growth comes courtesy of smartphones. In total, enough mobile devices shipped last quarter to cover 1/16th of the entire human population. If this trend continues, 2011 will see nearly two billion sales.

That's enough cell phones, tablets, smartphones and MIDs to supply more than a quarter of our species.

Sold in one year.

23.6% of those sales were smartphones, which is an 85% leap year-over-year. Sales next quarter are expected to be even higher. Many consumers delayed their purchases this quarter in order to wait for a "high-profile" device in Q2 or Q3.

Nokia was, once again, the #1 worldwide manufacturer for mobile devices. Their market share was down 5.5%, though, to 25%. Samsung took the #2 spot this year, with 16.1% market share (down by 2%). LG also dropped 2%, down to 5.6%. RIM stayed stable at 3%, while HTC and ZTE both saw substantial raises in their market share.

Android ended the quarter on top once again. Their market share at this point last year was a mere 9.6%, which ballooned to 36% this quarter. Symbian's share was nearly carved in half and iOS noticed a mild bump of 1.5% to 16.8%. RIM was down more than 7% and Microsoft went from 6.8% to 3.6%.

Updates

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Source: AppleInsider

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Cisco kills off their Cius business tablet, cites competition from BYOD consumer tablets

Source: Phone Arena

Back in 2011, Cisco Systems, the company that makes the hardware that the internet runs on, decided they would enter the Android tablet market. Only rather than make a consumer tablet, they announced the Cius, an enterprise tablet that ...
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Orange exec says developing markets can't sustain 'gas guzzlers' iOS, Android, Windows Phone

Source: AppleInsider

Published: 05:24 PM EST (02:24 PM PST) Vice President of Devices Yves Maitre of European mobile operator Orange likened the iPhone, Android handsets and Windows Phones to fuel-inefficient cars, saying that the "gas guzzlers ...
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