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27. February 2010 18:01
A new report out this week shows that, despite the recession, high end smartphones are still proving to be a major draw for consumers.
As more workers turn mobile, the demand for multi-purpose smartphones rises on a daily basis. This could explain why smartphone sales remained strong last year, while demand for other mobile devices remained weak.
Gartner reports sales of mobiles fell by 1% last year to 1.2 billion, while smartphone sales hit 172.4 million. This is a year on year rise of almost a quarter and, according to Gartner's research director Carolina Milanesi, is a "taste of things to come".
Devices which run the Symbian software, mainly Nokia, remained the best sellers, while Blackberry came a close second with a market share of 16.9%. Apple managed to beat Microsoft to third with a market share of 14.4% for their iPhone. Google's Android system was also very successful last year; it's share rose to 3.9%.
Among the handset manufacturers, Samsung remains on top and has been dubbed the "clear winner" among the top 5 manufacturers.
Gartner have predicted 2010 will be the year for low operating systems, services and applications above hardware. "Sales will return to low double-digit growth, but competition will continue to put a strain on vendors' margins," said Carolina Milanesi.
This news is likely to be welcomed by many mobile workers who are constantly looking for new applications and services to help them with their daily business on the go.
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