Smartphone market grew 55 percent, iOS declining by 2014

9 September, 2010
There are some good times ahead for smartphones, say market analysts from IDC. Smartphone market share is expected to grow by over 50% and oddly iOS will be declining in the future, with Android and Windows...

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  • 09 Sep 2010

Anonymous, 09 Sep 2010No it's not. It's actually happening right now. Apple is ... morePlease research before you say something.

Samsung is the biggest tech company in the world, not your Apple! And your Apple is not even pass Nokia like you say so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_global_technology_companies

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    • 09 Sep 2010

    [deleted post]No it's not. It's actually happening right now. Apple is the biggest tech company in the world. It's way, way richer than your nokia :)

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      • 09 Sep 2010

      Anonymous, 09 Sep 2010Symbian is still number one sweet. ios will never catch up... moreYes, ios could never catch up with symbian. In the low end segment, lol.

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        • 09 Sep 2010

        Kierann, 09 Sep 2010Statistics, showing people deserting iPhone are wrong. P... moreAre right even. Sorry i'm a twit :3

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          • 09 Sep 2010

          Anonymous, 09 Sep 2010More and more people are actually switching to the iphone. ... moreStatistics, showing people deserting iPhone are wrong.

          Plain facts are plain.


          Although, admittedly I dont have a link to the statistics. Damn computers.

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            • 09 Sep 2010

            [deleted post]More and more people are actually switching to the iphone. So you are wrong as well.

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              • 09 Sep 2010

              Anonymous, 09 Sep 2010That's great news that symbian will remain number 1. You i... moreMate, I hate iPhones....

              I like Symbian, i'm simply explaining WHY its in the position its in...Jeez.

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                • 09 Sep 2010

                Kierann, 09 Sep 2010Only because Symbian is cheap as chips therefore accessable... moreThat's great news that symbian will remain number 1.
                You ijunk4 users will find any excuse to defend you ijunk4.

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                  • 09 Sep 2010

                  Anonymous, 09 Sep 2010Symbian is still number one sweet. ios will never catch up... moreOnly because Symbian is cheap as chips therefore accessable to the masses. And because its amazingly popular in emerging markets in transitional LEDC countries.

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                    • 09 Sep 2010

                    Symbian is still number one sweet.
                    ios will never catch up with symbian.

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                      • 09 Sep 2010

                      Well who ever said Iphone has the highest market share is a lier!

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                        • 09 Sep 2010

                        [deleted post]Since the bloody hell when was that an argument? Just because some of us actually have important things to spend money on, like...you know, food and such and don't want to flaunt our supposed wealth on a phone which is notorious for faults and reliability issues...You're the fool for wallowing in ignorance and insulting everyone elses earnings.

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                          • 09 Sep 2010

                          Anonymous, 09 Sep 2010What the hell are you talking about? I am a WinMo user with... moreI meant touch screen markets, the majority of people like the glittery effects of touch screen stuff. Yeah, they are solid phones but the overbearing majority of people would far rather pay £230 for a HTC Wildfire instead of a now seriously outdated Nokia E71. If people want to pay that much for a qwerty non-touch...they buy a blackberry.

                          I'm giving you my opinion. Don't like it, tough. You have no right to flame my opinion. If you want to sit in a puddle of bigotry, go right ahead.

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                            • 09 Sep 2010

                            [deleted post]Lol iLists!!!!!!

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                              • 09 Sep 2010

                              Anonymous, 09 Sep 2010I never said anything about being proud? It's just a phone ... moreyou are 100%100 right , my first smartphone was nokia n97 , but it was so slowly : after one year i changed it , after that i bought sony ericsson vivaz :i can not believe same os in vivaz and n97 two different handset manufactures and different engineers , symbian is good os , nokia using slow processor but sony ericsson using faster and better processor

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                                • 09 Sep 2010

                                [deleted post]Yes, that's the problem. Everyone that thinks iPhone is a bad device is just to poor to buy on?! So you are saying that you are rich cause you can afford to one iPhone once a year? It's you who sound poor to med if you think 700 Euros a year is alot of money. Buying a car is what i call an investment, buying iPhone people can do on goverment welfare once a month here in Sweden if the want.

                                See everything is relative to what relaity you live in. To me, you are poor because you think you are rich just because you can afford an iPhone. People that can thorw out money on a car just like that, that's rich to me. You are just poor with bad excuse for why people are abbandoning iPhone more amd more.

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                                  • 09 Sep 2010

                                  [deleted post]Thank you!!

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                                    • sonuise
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                                    • 09 Sep 2010

                                    Symbian will be always number one why is like that.
                                    and MeeGo will be number 2 in future. so MeeGo and Symbian and Qt will be the answer.

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                                      • 09 Sep 2010

                                      If newest version of Symbian is as obsolete as many says then in 4 years only 8% slip?
                                      maybe those early hands-on(s) was fake or it's possible IDCs analysts are wrong either way one thing is certain with recent impressions of WP7 and various leaked WP7 handsets market watchers convinced to change Microsoft's status from "dead"to"posed to gain"in OS market.
                                      and about "others" it's actually means that "others" include Samsung's Bada right?
                                      to be specific it means market share of 2nd largest phone maker's OS (not to mention Wave's impressive debut outpacing original iPhone in first month 3 to 1+-)will estimate as part of those "others",right?
                                      good job IDC.

                                      ...Cheers from Germany.

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                                        • 09 Sep 2010

                                        the IOS 5 will make the market to bring 40% share to IOS 5