Xperia marketshare

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kumagawa said:

And IDC disagree

http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23753512

 

Top Five Smartphone Vendors, Shipments, and Market Share, 2012 Q3 (Units in Millions)

Vendor	3Q12 Unit Shipments	3Q12 Market Share	3Q11 Unit Shipments	3Q11 Market Share	Year-over-year Change
Samsung	56.3	31.3%	28.1	22.7%	100.4%
Apple	26.9	15.0%	17.1	13.8%	57.3%
Research In Motion	7.7	4.3%	11.8	9.6%	-34.7%
ZTE	7.5	4.2%	4.1	3.3%	82.9%
HTC	7.3	4.0%	12.7	10.3%	-42.5%
Others	74.0	41.2%	49.9	40.3%	48.3%
Total	179.7	100.0%	123.7	100.0%	45.3%

 

 

That's the problem with anaylist firms they all give so very different results.

Even worse is that manufacturers are clamping down on the numbers they release. Even super-successful Samsung doesn't want to talk about phone shipments, so these guys need to estimate almost hte whole market.

Sony's in a decent place with regard to units shipped, but as far as I know, Apple and Samsung are still the only companies making money in phones right now, with HTC just barely holding on. Sony needs to find a way to differentiate if it's ever going to find real success, because they're never going to compete with rivals like Samsung or ZTE on cost.