IDC (International Data Corporation) is a global market research and analysis firm that specializes in IT and telecommunication technology. Along with predictions and forecasts, the market intelligence firm periodically releases reports showing the current state of the telecommunication market. After an IDC report confirming Android’s dominance on the world stage, it’s more good news for Android and the leading Android device manufacturer, Samsung.
According to the latest report released by IDC, Samsung is leading the way in smartphone shipments in the second quarter of 2012, extending, for now, its lead over Apple, with other device manufacturers like HTC and Nokia having reason to worry. Granted, this is far from surprising, since we knew that Samsung was heading towards a record-breaking quarter, with the shipment of over 50 million smartphones, spearheaded by the Samsung Galaxy S3. IDC confirms Samsung’s smartphone shipments to be 50.2 million.
Apple was a distant second with a shipment of 26 million devices, which is still very impressive. Apple’s numbers did tend to dip in this quarter, with the imminent release of the next iteration of the iPhone just around the corner. It will be interesting to see whether Samsung, who will also have the Galaxy Note 2 joining the Galaxy S3 (possibly as early as August 15), will be able to keep up its momentum against what is likely going to be another very successful Apple product.
Other highlights of this report include:
The smartphone market grew at a year-over-year rate of 42.1% in Q2 2012. If you thought that was impressive, you’ll be surprised to know that this is the lowest growth rate since Q4 of 2009.
Vendors shipped 153.9 million smartphone units in this quarter, up from 108.3 million units during Q2 2011.
Samsung has doubled its market share from 17% (in Q2 2011) to the current 32.6%.
HTC has had a better quarter compared to the last two (Q1 2012 and Q4 2011), but the numbers have dropped significantly from last year.
ZTE is a surprise entry in the Top 5, which is because of its increasing popularity in the Chinese market. ZTE’s numbers are only set to grow, with the Chinese company’s foray into the international market soon.
Nokia hasn’t found a way to stop, or even slow down, its slide to the bottom, with its market share numbers slipping to 6.6% from 15.4% last year. This number is very disappointing as Nokia recently launched its flagship Lumia 900 running Windows Phone 7, but hasn’t been as popular as expected.
Check out the Press Release below for the complete report from IDC.
What are your thoughts? Were you surprised at the market share numbers in the report? How do you think Q3 results are going to shape-up with the iPhone 5 on the way? What does Nokia need to do to get back in the game? Let us know in the comments section below.
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