Thursday, April 7, 2011

Smartphones Leaders (GOOG) (AAPL) (MSFT) (NOK) (RIMM) by 2012

Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android will soar to become an even more dominant force with smartphone by 2012, according to a report from Gartner, which sees them controlling about 50 percent of the smartphone market by then.

Smartphone users with Android platforms in 2012 will reach 310,088 million, based on Gartner estimates. That would account for 49.2 percent of the smartphone market.

This year Android should surge to about 38.5 percent of the market, after controlling about 22.7 percent of the market, Gartner said.

Microsoft is increasingly considered a dark horse in the smartphone race, increasing from a 4.2 market share in 2010 to 19.5 percent by 2015. Estimated users would jump to close to 216 million with that share. That will be driven by the partnership with Nokia (NYSE:NOK).

For Nokia, its Symbian platform is expected to drop to only 661 thousand users by 2015, a 0.1 percent market share. In 2010 it was the market leader with 37.6 percent.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) will remain somewhat level, increasing from 15.7 percent in 2010 to 17.2 percent in 2015. Gartner said it believes Apple will peak in 2011, when it reaches 90.56 million users.

Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) is projected to fall from 16 percent in 2010 to 11.1 percent by 2015. That would represent 122.86 million users.

In 2011 Gartner predicts smartphone sales will soar 57.7 percent over 2010, reaching 486 million units sold.

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