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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  • Zee
  • gD4
  • 10 Sep 2010

It is obvious that iOS will decline. The expansion permeates into lower market segments and for these segments the iPhone is too expensive to buy. Unless Apple change their pricing or add some cheaper phones alongside their main flagship phone, or, furthemore, license iOS to phone manufacturers - the decline in iOS is inevitable.

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    • ngoj
    • 8y9
    • 10 Sep 2010

    clearly this forecast is wrong. WM will decline not grow, for lack of everything.

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      • Anonymous
      • sy1
      • 10 Sep 2010

      what is the point of these studies

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        • rynn
        • uC4
        • 10 Sep 2010

        symbian's always the king. COmma king~ comma new symbian.~ we love your reliable symbian. =D

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          • shiladitya
          • t@J
          • 10 Sep 2010

          symbian is the real king

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            • RAM
            • ibm
            • 10 Sep 2010

            actually, i have no idea what i'm talking about..
            i'm just kidding...
            i copied from somewhere else..
            btw, analysis something is correct, like they predicted android take over iOS, and it did..
            so don't trust me..

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              • RAM
              • PVb
              • 10 Sep 2010

              Let's be objective here :

              1)Nokia :

              They still maintain their position as the brand leader in global sales for now,their main mistake is they enjoyed their dominance and trapped in the comfort zone until it's too late,while other had developed such creative ways with touchscreen hardware and interface,no device from nokia matched those great smartphones,even their N8 won't do much good to distance the losses they suffered,but let's not forget that nokia had become number one in this business not because of pure luck,they made great devices with the N series back then,and certainly they'll fight to stay as the leader,look at the fight Motorola & SE did to save their company who knows what nokia might do so let's just see how long they could stay as number one.

              2)Samsung :

              The runner up still have a lot to catch up to the throne,their new handsets are impressive as copycat,they whip their employees and RnD's asses to copy new trendsetter devices,but not to innovate new things and they failed to create the magic even with the mass resources they had,seriously samsung might be number one long time ago should they succeed in creating hypes and cool handset,introduce them to the market with phenomenal marketing ways then we got ourselves new Apple from asia,but that never happened and that's the main reason they'll never becoming number one cause innovator have better chances to lead the market.

              3)SE & Motorola :

              back from the edge,these giants might show us more cool devices in the future.

              4)Apple :

              This rookie isn't something to take on lightly,based on the facts of their other products--iPod,Macbook,Etc--Apple doesn't need to be number one,they put themselves as "exclusive class",look at the way they price their products,the OS compatibility,and those awkward limitations--No flash no bluetooth transfer no third party apps iTunes dependency--it's obvious they want to be the leader in their own world,that's why Apple hardly followed general things we found in other smartphones,so the chance of Apple becoming number one is very thin,but Apple will always be here as a different kind of device to satisfy people by doing most things right,and believe it or not : Most people like it,and that's a fact.

              As for this market analyst : screw you,i don't trust analyst that much cause we're living in a speedy zone of technology development,nobody knows precisely what might happened even in the next hours.

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                • Anonymous
                • wc6
                • 10 Sep 2010

                i love apple, 10 Sep 2010oh i get it, it mean many people are getting poorer to get ... moreListen..

                People got money..

                But no one will wasting their mone y on a worsed crap thing..get it???

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                  • Anonymous
                  • wc6
                  • 10 Sep 2010

                  Uphone fagg, 10 Sep 2010what makes you think icrap is the most expensive phoneBecause with the p0or lame / outdate function..is too expensive..HAHAHA!!!

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                    • Anonymous
                    • Er2
                    • 10 Sep 2010

                    Amar, 10 Sep 2010When WM is almost nonexistent and no phone has the newer ve... moreGuess you misinterpreted the numbers. According to the article, WM currently has 6.8% market share and it's projected to have 9.8% market share by 2014, which translate an INCREASE of 43%.

                    If you start with 1% market share, and next year you reach 2%, you still have 100% INCREASE.

                    But I would keep my fingers crossed if WM can even "retain" its 6.8% market share, according to current trends.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • Er2
                      • 10 Sep 2010

                      jjsoviet, 10 Sep 2010Heated arguments like these really catch my attention. :P ... moreiphone is bigger in Asia than you think. Iphnoe already beat up the almighty brand in Singapore. In HK, if you conduct a random observation in subway, you can find 30% or more are using iphones, with HTC, Samsung and Moto catching up. The almighty brand is losing big in the developed markets. Apple practically is the only foreign brand being popular enough to survive in the domestic brand focus market of Japan.

                      Iphone4 costs around US$1600 in China, but you can bet if you have one on hand, it can be sold almost instantly.

                      The almighty brand will survive and keep "claiming" it has x% of smartphone market share, as it will continue to sell so called smart phones in the price range of US$200~$250. But most users would only make calls/text and last thing they would use is the "smart" function of the phone.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • UGj
                        • 10 Sep 2010

                        pj, 10 Sep 2010mark my words... there is no way ios is going to do so mise... moreU are reading in percentage terms you see. It is expected that smartphone to be selling around 700 million by then, thus apple should be selling around 70million a year by then. it is remarkable since survey shows that most iphone sales is sold to previous iphone owner, the growth of new iphone users has been decelerating but not declining, it is expected to grow at decent rate so ya, at 15 m a qtr is decent for apple already

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                          • Anonymous
                          • ii6
                          • 10 Sep 2010

                          Anonymous, 10 Sep 2010And just fyi. Back in September 2009. Nokia was worth $47... morehey read carefully the link which u put ..samsung makes more profit as they manufacture television and all household things including mobile..same goes to apple as they produce laptops and ipods including mobile phones..u cant compare nokia with all these as nokia only produce mobile handsets..

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                            • Amar
                            • 2SM
                            • 10 Sep 2010

                            When WM is almost nonexistent and no phone has the newer version (WM7) but you are seeing them projected to be nearly 43% in 2014!!! I am not sure on what basis this was arrived. I really do not think Apple or iOS will be left behind that far unless radical innovation from other manufacturer happens.

                            Though I agree Adroid market will be growing steadily due to its open nature and many Mobile Makers started adapting this OS but findings on WM7 is something beyond normal reasoning.

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                              • Uphone fagg
                              • 0ad
                              • 10 Sep 2010

                              Anonymous, 10 Sep 2010Android are nothing more than cheap alternatives for the ip... morewhat makes you think icrap
                              is the most expensive phone

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                                • t7X
                                • 10 Sep 2010

                                oh i get it, it mean many people are getting poorer to get an iphone. apple needs to lower their price. increasing number phone users are craving for iphone. i think apple need to manufactured more iphone 2g and distribute it cheaper.

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                                  • pj
                                  • Iaa
                                  • 10 Sep 2010

                                  mark my words... there is no way ios is going to do so miserably by 2014 and i'll be surprised if symbian even exists by then!

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • P%n
                                    • 10 Sep 2010

                                    So ummm... four years ago in 2006 what was the IDC's prediction for iOS?

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                                      • Jason
                                      • PNt
                                      • 10 Sep 2010

                                      Well Apples exclusive OS backfired now ... where as android and windows are alot more flexible with programs, apps and content.

                                      apple focused too much on profit and not consumer wants/needs.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • UGj
                                        • 10 Sep 2010

                                        Anonymous, 09 Sep 2010No it's not. It's actually happening right now. Apple is ... moreWell, people are now trying to argue which brand is the biggest in the world. you guys are using different data to compete with one another.

                                        There are only 2 company that could fit this bill, in terms of market capitalisation, Apple is the biggest, at around USD$250 billion compare to Samsung USD $110 billion.

                                        But in terms of sales, Samsung is the biggest, Surpassing HP last year, at around USD$116 Billion, Apple is not even posting half of Samsung Sales.

                                        In terms of Shareholder equity, Samsung is also the biggest with shareholder equity standing at more than USD$70 Billion, more than any other phone manufacturer.

                                        One more thing, Samsung is also the most profittable company among all the manufacturer and for the first half of 2010, have already posting USD$ 8 billion in profit, analyst expect this figure to swell to USD $18 billion by the end of the world.

                                        So depending on what you are comparing, it would differ, share prices is determine by investors, Samsung shares are discounted due to it being listed only in korea and some of its business are of higher risk and are subject to economic downtown pressure.