Nokia sells more smartphones, Apple earns moreMarch 16, 2011 - 17:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - While Apple trailed Nokia in 2010 smartphone volume, Apple dominated the market in revenue, and took 29 percent share of the market value. The top 3 players - Apple, Nokia and RIM - generated 64 percent of the revenue in the smartphone market, as reported by Strategy Analytics. Apple had just 16 percent of smartphone market volume in 2010. However, in terms of revenue Apple claimed 29 percent share. Nokia followed with 20 percent and RIM with 15 percent value share. Samsung ended up being the champion of Google Android smartphones in 2010, taking 9 percent of smartphone market revenue and surpassing HTC. According to Martin Bradley, Associate Director at Strategy Analytics, the dominance of the top 3-Apple, Nokia and RIM-actually weakened in the fourth quarter, as the combined value share of these three players fell from 72 percent to 61 percent. “The Android-based handset market, which will grow considerably in 2011, is still dominated by vendors like Samsung and HTC. However, Chinese vendors, like ZTE and Huawei, also have a presence, particularly in lower price tiers,” he said, cellular-news reported. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |