IT Facts for Handhelds
May 8, 2008 @ May 08, 08 | 11:42 am
· Department: Handhelds, Mobile usage
| Vendor |
Q1 2008
Shipments |
Q1 2008
Market Share |
Q1 2007
Shipments |
Q1 2007
Market Share |
YTY
Growth |
| Nokia |
115.5 |
39.6% |
91.1 |
35.7% |
26.8% |
| Samsung |
46.3 |
15.9% |
34.8 |
13.6% |
33.0% |
| Motorola |
27.4 |
9.4% |
45.4 |
17.8% |
-39.7% |
| LG Electronics |
24.4 |
8.4% |
15.8 |
6.2% |
54.4% |
| Sony Ericsson |
22.3 |
7.6% |
21.8 |
8.5% |
2.3% |
| Others |
55.7 |
19.1% |
46.1 |
18.1% |
20.8% |
| Total |
291.6 |
100.0% |
255.0 |
100.0% |
14.3% |
| Source: IDC |
May 2, 2008 @ May 02, 08 | 6:12 pm
· Department: Handhelds, Mobile usage
The worldwide mobile phone market grew to 300 mln devices in Q4 2007. According to IDC, the 334.0 mln handsets shipped during the holiday quarter was a new record for the industry, and was up 15.3% over Q4 2007. Total shipments reached 1,144.1 mln units in 2007 with 12.4% overall growth.
| Vendor |
Shipments, 2007 |
Share, 2007 |
Shipments, 2006 |
Share, 2006 |
Growth, YTY |
| Nokia |
437.1 |
38.2% |
347.5 |
34.2% |
25.8% |
| Samsung |
161.1 |
14.1% |
113.7 |
11.2% |
41.7% |
| Motorola |
159.0 |
13.9% |
217.4 |
21.4% |
-26.9% |
| Sony Ericsson |
103.4 |
9.0% |
74.7 |
7.3% |
38.4% |
| LG Electronics |
80.5 |
7.0% |
63.5 |
6.2% |
26.8% |
| Others |
202.9 |
17.7% |
200.6 |
19.7% |
1.1% |
| Total |
1144.1 |
100.0% |
1017.4 |
100.0% |
12.4% |
Source: IDC
April 25, 2008 @ Apr 25, 08 | 9:27 am
· Department: Handhelds, Mobile usage
Handset makers sold 14% more phones in Q1 2008 than in Q1 2007. In 2006, market growth was at over 20% level throughout the year.
April 22, 2008 @ Apr 22, 08 | 7:19 am
· Department: Handhelds
21% of consumers ages 18-34 use their cellphones for banking transactions, compared with about 10% of the general population. Aite Group predicts that mobile-banking users in the USA, having ballooned from a negligible number at the end of 2006 to 1.7 mln by the end of 2007, will rise to 8 mln by the end of 2008. By 2010, Aite Group forecasts?>, 35 mln Americans will be mobile-banking users.
March 27, 2008 @ Mar 27, 08 | 3:59 pm
· Department: Handhelds, Mobile usage, Music, Wireless data
| Source of digital music on the phone |
France |
Germany |
Italy |
Spain |
UK |
US |
| Transferred from PC |
85.8% |
88.7% |
86.9% |
87.3% |
83.6% |
75.2% |
| Direct to phone - transferred from friends/family |
12.5% |
8.8% |
9.8% |
7.1% |
12.5% |
8.1% |
| Direct to phone - downloaded from music service |
8.3% |
7.6% |
4.7% |
8.6% |
10.0% |
18.3% |
| Direct to phone - other |
8.8% |
2.9% |
4.3% |
7.0% |
6.4% |
3.7% |
| Source: M:Metrics |
March 27, 2008 @ Mar 27, 08 | 8:33 am
· Department: Handhelds, Wireless data
Sales of Wi-Fi phones increased by more than 60% in 2007, according to Infonetics Research. Last year vendors sold 682,000 Wi-Fi phones worldwide, compared to 358,000 in 2006.
March 26, 2008 @ Mar 26, 08 | 6:25 am
· Department: E-commerce, Handhelds, Mobile usage
Almost 25% of cellulars phone users with mobile internet access now use their devices to buy goods and services online, near 20% saying they would like to someday use cell phones as a “mobile wallet,” according to Harris Interactive. Smartphone or iPhone users are more likely to “occasionally” use their device to make purchases - 25% said so, compared with 17% of mobile or cellular phone users. 77% of mobile users have “never” made a purchase with their device, compared with 65% of those with smartphones or iPhones.
March 25, 2008 @ Mar 25, 08 | 5:32 pm
· Department: Handhelds, Mobile usage, Wireless data
The market for smartphones will grow from around 10% of the total handset market in 2007 to 31% of the market in 2013, ABI Research says. The market is currently dominated by Nokia (52%) and Symbian (65%). However, the coalescence of the framework wars in the Linux environment and the growing stature of Windows Mobile will enable new competitors to put pressure on this established axis.
March 24, 2008 @ Mar 24, 08 | 9:13 pm
· Department: Handhelds, Mobile usage, Music
More than 500 mln music phones were shipped worldwide in 2007, 300 mln units more than regular music players, according to MultiMedia Intelligence. By 2011, of the 941 mln handsets that will ship worldwide, more than half will be music phones.
March 23, 2008 @ Mar 23, 08 | 10:02 am
· Department: Handhelds, Mobile usage
| Activity |
iPhone |
Smartphone |
Market |
| Any news or info via browser |
84.8% |
58.2% |
13.1% |
| Accessed web search |
58.6% |
37.0% |
6.1% |
| Watched mobile TV and/or video |
30.9% |
14.2% |
4.6% |
| Watched on-demand video or TV programming |
20.9% |
7.0% |
1.4% |
| Accessed Social Networking Site or Blog |
49.7% |
19.4% |
4.2% |
| Listened to music on mobile phone |
74.1% |
27.9% |
6.7% |
| Source: M:Metrics |
March 22, 2008 @ Mar 22, 08 | 12:23 pm
· Department: Handhelds, Mobile usage, Music
74.1% of iPhone owners listening to mobile music in January 2008, compared to 6.7% of the total mobile audience, according to M:Metrics. 84% of iPhone owners who use an MP3 player use an iPod. Demographic composition of iPhone users, which are similar to the demographics of other smartphone owners. They are more likely to be: male, aged 25-34, earn more that $100,000 and have a college degree, than the average mobile subscriber.
March 22, 2008 @ Mar 22, 08 | 8:34 am
· Department: Handhelds, Mobile usage
| Activity |
% of cell/PDA users
who have ever done this |
% of cell/PDA who
do this on typical day |
| Send or receive text messages |
58% |
31% |
| Take a picture |
58 |
15 |
| Play a game |
27 |
8 |
| Send or receive email |
19 |
8 |
Access the internet for news,
weather,sports, or other information |
19 |
7 |
| Record a video |
18 |
3 |
| Play music |
17 |
7 |
| Send or receive instant messages |
17 |
6 |
| Get a map or directions to another location |
14 |
3 |
| Watch video |
10 |
3 |
| Souce: Pew Internet |
March 19, 2008 @ Mar 19, 08 | 11:18 am
· Department: Handhelds
| Vendor |
2007 Shipments |
2007 Share |
2006 Shipments |
2006 Share |
Growth, YTY |
| Palm |
1,281,050 |
42.0% |
1,982,000 |
36.2% |
-35.4% |
| HP |
754,800 |
24.8% |
1,210,000 |
22.1% |
-37.6% |
| Mio |
376,139 |
12.3% |
442,893 |
8.1% |
-15.1% |
| Fujitsu-Siemens |
130,534 |
4.3% |
103,491 |
1.9% |
26.1% |
| Dell |
108,175 |
3.5% |
490,000 |
9.0% |
-77.9% |
| Others |
396,849 |
13.0% |
1,245,169 |
22.7% |
-68.1% |
| Total |
3,047,547 |
100.0% |
5,473,553 |
100.0% |
-44.3% |
| Source: IDC |
March 18, 2008 @ Mar 18, 08 | 2:26 pm
· Department: Handhelds, Mobile usage
| Vendor |
Q4 2007
shipments |
% share |
Q4 2006
shipments |
% share |
Growth, YTY |
| Total |
35,522,360 |
100.0% |
20,667,200 |
100.0% |
71.9% |
| Nokia |
18,802,480 |
52.9% |
11,114,630 |
53.8% |
69.2% |
| RIM |
4,046,860 |
11.4% |
1,829,260 |
8.9% |
121.2% |
| Apple |
2,320,840 |
6.5% |
- |
0.0% |
NA |
| Motorola |
2,301,260 |
6.5% |
1,463,090 |
7.1% |
57.3% |
| Others |
8,050,920 |
22.7% |
6,260,220 |
30.3% |
28.6% |
| Source: Canalys |
March 13, 2008 @ Mar 13, 08 | 9:48 am
· Department: Handhelds, Mobile usage
62% of young adults say it would be very hard to do without a cell phone, 51% say that about the internet and more than twice the share that feels this way about the plain old landline telephone.
|
18-29 |
30-49 |
50-64 |
65+ |
| Cell phone |
62 |
52 |
43 |
37 |
| Internet |
51 |
46 |
40 |
34 |
| Television |
33 |
40 |
48 |
58 |
| Landline telephone |
25 |
34 |
43 |
60 |
| Email |
37 |
39 |
35 |
33 |
| Number of cases |
311 |
616 |
456 |
310 |
| Source: Pew Internet |
March 6, 2008 @ Mar 06, 08 | 3:18 pm
· Department: Handhelds
9.4% of those consumers who bought new mobile handsets in Q4 2007 took the recycling option in Q4 2007, according to iSuppli. 36.8% of all old handsets were stored away in Q4 2007. 15.5% of US consumers gave away their old mobile handsets in this fashion. 8.5% of consumers donated their handsets to charities. 5.7% said they re-tuned their old phones to the retailers where they originally bought them.
March 5, 2008 @ Mar 05, 08 | 1:12 pm
· Department: Handhelds
According to IDC, vendors shipped a total of 683,004 units in Q4 2007, marking a 53.2% decrease from Q4 2006 and a 6.0% decrease from Q3 2007. For the full 2007 year, vendors shipped a total of 3.0 mln units worldwide, down 44.3% from the 5.5 mln units shipped during all of 2006.
March 5, 2008 @ Mar 05, 08 | 4:18 am
· Department: Handhelds
10.2% of users threw away their old handsets, or had them stolen or lost in Q4 2007. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates Americans discard 125 mln phones each year, creating 65,000 tons of waste. 8% of US consumers who bought new phones in the fourth quarter are keeping and using their old handsets. Another 3.1% sold their old phones and 2.7% didn’t know, according to iSuppli.