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AppleInsider reports that according to new figures from Canalys, Apple is now the top smartphone vendor in the world as a result of a spectacular 2011, when it sold 37 million iPhones, which smashed Nokias quarterly record of 28.3 million phones sold. [/FONT]
[FONT=&]Canalys says that what makes these latest figures particularly interesting is that they clearly show a trend towards mobile devices above the PC, which Canalys VP and principle analyst Chris Jones calls a significant milestone. [/FONT]
[FONT=&]The Canalys report also says that the firm believes that smartphone market growth will slow down in 2012, with vendors putting more emphasis on controlling costs and maximizing profitability. [/FONT]
[FONT=&]As far as Canalyss take on the growth of other smartphone vendors in the past year, the firm says that growth in shipment of Android phones was significantly higher than that of Apples iPhone, not just in Q4 but in the entire year, although the percentage of growth of Android phones has decreased from 244% in 2010 to 149% in 2011. Canalys attributes Androids growth to Samsungs success with the platform, although it notes that Sony Ericsson, Huawei, Motorola, LG and HTC in particular have also all experienced growth in sales of their Android phones during 2011. Unfortunately for Sony Ericsson, Motorola and LG though, this growth in sales did not translate in to profits, unlike Apple.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]Source: http://www.appleinsider.com/article...or_in_2011_as_ipad_surges_past_pc_growth.html[/FONT]
AppleInsider reports that according to new figures from Canalys, Apple is now the top smartphone vendor in the world as a result of a spectacular 2011, when it sold 37 million iPhones, which smashed Nokias quarterly record of 28.3 million phones sold. [/FONT]
[FONT=&]Canalys says that what makes these latest figures particularly interesting is that they clearly show a trend towards mobile devices above the PC, which Canalys VP and principle analyst Chris Jones calls a significant milestone. [/FONT]
[FONT=&]The Canalys report also says that the firm believes that smartphone market growth will slow down in 2012, with vendors putting more emphasis on controlling costs and maximizing profitability. [/FONT]
[FONT=&]As far as Canalyss take on the growth of other smartphone vendors in the past year, the firm says that growth in shipment of Android phones was significantly higher than that of Apples iPhone, not just in Q4 but in the entire year, although the percentage of growth of Android phones has decreased from 244% in 2010 to 149% in 2011. Canalys attributes Androids growth to Samsungs success with the platform, although it notes that Sony Ericsson, Huawei, Motorola, LG and HTC in particular have also all experienced growth in sales of their Android phones during 2011. Unfortunately for Sony Ericsson, Motorola and LG though, this growth in sales did not translate in to profits, unlike Apple.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]Source: http://www.appleinsider.com/article...or_in_2011_as_ipad_surges_past_pc_growth.html[/FONT]
