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

Two billion mobile devices will sell in 2011, if trend continues.

May 19 2011, 12:14pm CDT | by

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%.

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