Apple Incorporated has become one of the world‘s top five mobile phone vendors in the third quarter, while market leader Nokia Oyj‘s share fell, Reuters reported on Friday, quoting two industry research groups.
Apple vaulted past Blackberry maker, Research In Motion Limited, to fourth place, helped by the introduction of the iPhone in new markets, International Data Corporation and Strategy Analytics said on Friday in reports.
If Apple produces an iPhone for Verizon Communications Incorporated‘s CDMA network, that could boost it further, Strategy Analytics wrote.
An IDC analyst, Mr. Kevin Restivo, said in the report, ”The entrance of Apple to the top five underscores the increased importance of smartphones to the overall market. Vendors that are not developing a strong portfolio of smartphones will be challenged to grow and retain market share in the future.”
Samsung Electronics Company, the second-largest, rose to 21 per cent while the other big Korean handset vendor, LG Electronics, slipped by more than two percentage points to 8.3 per cent, IDC said.
Global shipments rose by 14.6 million to 340.5 million units according to Framingham, Massachusetts-based IDC.
Strategy Analytics pegged them lower, at 327 million units, noting that the rate of growth slowed from the first half as component shortages trimmed sales.
“Touchscreens, application processors and cameras are among the components experiencing volatile supply,” Mr. Neil Mawston of Strategy Analytics wrote in his report. ”Many component manufacturers reduced production output during the recession of 2009 and they are struggling, or even unwilling, to restore the capacity in the upturn of 2010,” he added.
The analysts‘ totals and market share figures differed because IDC counted a larger number of handsets for the ”other” category, which included new vendors in Asia.
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