Nokia verliert weiterhin Marktanteile. Im ersten Quartal ist Nokia erstmalst vom ersten Platz unter Europas meist verkaufenden Handyherstellern von Samsung in der Führungsposition abgelöst worden.
Samsung erreicht mit 13,2 Millionen verkauften Handys einen Marktanteil von fast 30 Prozent in Europa.
Die rasantesten Steigerungen hatte HTC auf Platz fünf mit 271%, RIM konnte sich noch knapp auf Platz vier halten, Samsung schaffte eine Steigerung von 5% auf 29,3% gegenüber dem Vorjahr und Nokia musste einen Rückgang von Minus 10% auf 27,9% hinnehmen.
Im Smartphone Markt in Europa gab es eine Steigerung um 414% der gesamten Verkäufe aller Hersteller, hier hatte Apple seine Verkäufe gerade mal um 49% Steigern können.
Das aber für Apple ausreichte um mit 4,4 Millionen verkauften iPhones, bei den Smartphone Verkäufen knapp die Führung vor Nokia zu übernehmen, Samsung schaffte eine sagenhaften Steigerung von 744% gegenüber dem Vorjahr.
Nokia Verkaufte im selben Zeitraum 4,2 Millionen Smartphones und damit 15% weniger Geräte als im Vorjahr.
IDC – Press Release:
Samsung Overtakes Nokia in Western Europe to Become Number 1 in the Mobile Phone Market in 1Q11; Apple Becomes Number 1 in the Smartphone Segment, Says IDC
05 May 2011
LONDON, May 5, 2011 — The Western European mobile phone market grew 5% year-on-year to 45 million units in the first quarter of 2011 (1Q11), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) European Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. During the quarter Samsung shipments increased 5.3% year-on-year to 13.2 million units and became the biggest mobile phone maker in the region with 29.3% market share. Nokia shipments dropped 10.3% year-on-year to 12.6 million units and is now the second player with 27.9% market share. In the smartphones segment, Apple shipments increased 48.9% year-on-year to 4.4 million units and became the biggest player with 20.8% market share. Nokia comes second with 19.6% market share.
„Samsung and Apple achieved outstanding milestones this quarter in the region. Samsung became the biggest mobile phone vendor in Western Europe and Apple the biggest smartphone vendor. These results show how volatile this market is and how important it is not to underestimate the trends. Companies like Nokia (and Ericsson in the past) may have strong brands and big market shares as Nokia always had, but can be overtaken by their competitors on a blink of an eye,“ said Francisco Jeronimo, European mobile devices research manager, IDC. „Nokia is one of the most recognized and appreciated brands in Europe, but Samsung was the one understanding the trends first and moving faster. Samsung understood early the trend on touchscreen devices and became the market leader on feature-phones by providing a full range of devices at very competitive prices. On smartphones, Samsung has quickly moved to Android as well as investing in its own platform, Bada. Flexibility and being able to address all market segments have contributed to Samsung’s ability to quickly adjust to the market trends. Apple, on the other hand, coming from nowhere in the mobile phone business, capitalized on its strong brand and user-experience innovation. It took years for competitors to come up with devices that could challenge consumers‘ preference for the iPhone.“
During the quarter smartphones shipments increased 76% year-on-year to 21.2 million units to represent 47% of total mobile phone shipments. Android was the smartphones operating system leader with 35.7% market share. Those vendors focusing mainly on Android have notably been improving their market positions on smartphones, which shows how successfully this OS attracts consumers to smartphones, driving manufacturers‘ sales. Secondly comes iOS with 20.8% market share due the popularity of the iPhone. Symbian slipped to third place with 20.5% market share.
Nokia verliert weiterhin Marktanteile. Im ersten Quartal ist Nokia erstmalst vom ersten Platz unter Europas meist verkaufenden Handyherstellern von Samsung in der Führungsposition abgelöst worden.
War nicht anders zu erwarten.