BlackBerry manufacturer RIM has in the first quarter of 2010 for the first time in years lost market share. Nokia remained unchanged, while Apple and HTC share won. The number of sold smartphones grew 56 percent worldwide.
Nokia sold 21.5 million smartphones, compared to 13.7 million in the first quarter of 2009, show figures from market researcher IDC. Canalys, another market researcher,came to similar conclusions. This Nokia sold enough units to the smartphone market growth to keep pace with market share remained stable at 39.3 percent according to IDC.
Apple saw its market share of the iPhone continue to rise from 10.9 percent to 16.1 percent. Blackberry hand saw record sales despite the market share drop from 20.9 percent to 19.4 percent. HTC rose from 4.3 percent to 4.8 percent in the global smartphone market. Motorola saw, thanks to the popular droid in the United States, its market share rise from 3.4 to 4.2 percent. All manufacturers sell more smartphones than one year ago.
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