APPLE, SAMSUNG OWN 95 PERCENT OF ALL MOBILE PHONE PROFITS
Apple and Samsung together hoovered up more than 95 percent of mobile phone increase final quarter, withdrawal small left for other players, says Canaccord Genuity researcher Michael Walkley.
Actually, there wasn’t a total lot left for Samsung, either, once Apple was finished with things.
With strong direct for the iPhone 4S, Apple alone took home around 80 percent of all mobile phone increase in the fourth quarter, up from only 56 percent in the third quarter, according to the analyst. Yet the association binds only 8.1 percent of the tellurian mobile phone market.
At the same time, Samsung’s share of attention increase shrank to fifteen percent from twenty-six percent, though the share of Android business jumped to 39 percent from 35 percent.
For the quarter, Apple sole 37 million iPhones, assisting it ring up altogether gain of $13 billion. Samsung didn’t exhibit how many smartphones it sold, though a single researcher pegged the number as tall as 35 million.
Apple and Samsung outlayed the improved part of 2011 battling any other for the tip crown. Combined, the two have managed to make hold up tough for the rest of the industry.
HTC managed to fist out 3 percent of all mobile phone gain final quarter. Nokia and RIM followed, any with 2 percent of the distinction pie. Motorola and LG both finished the entertain flat, whilst Sony Ericsson showed a 2 percent loss.
While Apple and Samsung are both in clever positions as they carve up a incomparable cut of profits, many of the other companies are confronting their own struggles.
Nokia is in the surrounded by of a passing from one to another to Microsoft’s Windows Phone from the once-strong Symbian OS. But the association has certified that 2012 is expected to be a formidable year as it moves brazen with that transition.
RIM has been strike by increasingly reduce sales and a looser hold on the craving market. The association is also coping with a management shakeup with new CEO Thorsten Heins being counted on to assistance spin things around.
Even Motorola is watchful to see if the takeover by Google receives regulatory approval.
As a result, Walkley doesn’t design most to shift for the reduction widespread players this year:
With RIM, Nokia, HTC, and Sony Ericsson all in the surrounded by of product transitions and Motorola Mobility merging with Google, we hold Apple and Samsung will say widespread share positions during [the initial half of 2012].
Apple and Samsung together hoovered up more than 95 percent of mobile phone increase final quarter, withdrawal small left for other players, says Canaccord Genuity researcher Michael Walkley.
Actually, there wasn’t a total lot left for Samsung, either, once Apple was finished with things.
With strong direct for the iPhone 4S, Apple alone took home around 80 percent of all mobile phone increase in the fourth quarter, up from only 56 percent in the third quarter, according to the analyst. Yet the association binds only 8.1 percent of the tellurian mobile phone market.
At the same time, Samsung’s share of attention increase shrank to fifteen percent from twenty-six percent, though the share of Android business jumped to 39 percent from 35 percent.
For the quarter, Apple sole 37 million iPhones, assisting it ring up altogether gain of $13 billion. Samsung didn’t exhibit how many smartphones it sold, though a single researcher pegged the number as tall as 35 million.
Apple and Samsung outlayed the improved part of 2011 battling any other for the tip crown. Combined, the two have managed to make hold up tough for the rest of the industry.
HTC managed to fist out 3 percent of all mobile phone gain final quarter. Nokia and RIM followed, any with 2 percent of the distinction pie. Motorola and LG both finished the entertain flat, whilst Sony Ericsson showed a 2 percent loss.
While Apple and Samsung are both in clever positions as they carve up a incomparable cut of profits, many of the other companies are confronting their own struggles.
Nokia is in the surrounded by of a passing from one to another to Microsoft’s Windows Phone from the once-strong Symbian OS. But the association has certified that 2012 is expected to be a formidable year as it moves brazen with that transition.
RIM has been strike by increasingly reduce sales and a looser hold on the craving market. The association is also coping with a management shakeup with new CEO Thorsten Heins being counted on to assistance spin things around.
Even Motorola is watchful to see if the takeover by Google receives regulatory approval.
As a result, Walkley doesn’t design most to shift for the reduction widespread players this year:
With RIM, Nokia, HTC, and Sony Ericsson all in the surrounded by of product transitions and Motorola Mobility merging with Google, we hold Apple and Samsung will say widespread share positions during [the initial half of 2012].