Smartphone Industry Worldwide Q2, 2008 stats
Gartner has recently revealed smartphone Industry figures for Quarter 2, 2008 and things are looking good for Symbian, RIM and Apple. According to the figures:
Over 32 million Smartphones were shipped worldwide during the Q2, 2008 and there was a 15.7% growth rate in shipments during Q2, 2008 as compared to Q2, 2007.
Symbian is still the Industry leader with over 18 million shipments worldwide and 57.1% market share. It achieved 0.7% growth rate in Q2, 2008 as compared to Q2, 2007.
RIM has overtaken Windows Mobile to obtain the second position with over 5 million shipments and 17.4% market share. It achieved the second highest 126.4% growth rate in Q2, 2008 as compared to Q2, 2007.
Microsoft Windows Mobile came third with over 3 million shipments worldwide and 12.0% market share. It achieved 20.6% growth rate in Q2, 2008 as compared to Q2, 2007.
Linux secured the fourth position with over 2 million shipments and 7.3% market share. It achieved a negative 16.2% growth rate in Q2, 2008 as compared to Q2, 2007.
Apple Mac OS X secured the fifth position with over 800,000 shipments and 2.8% market share. It achieved the highest 230.6% growth rate in Q2, 2008 as compared to Q2, 2007.
Palm came sixth with over 700,000 shipments and 2.3% market share. It achieved 61% growth rate in Q2, 2008 as compared to Q2, 2007.
Other Smartphone manufacturers accounted for over 300,000 shipments and 0.9% growth rate.
Source: Engadget
