Smartphone Market Up 89.5pc globally in Q3 2010

Ionut Arghire

BANGALORE, INDIA: According to a new IDC report the global smartphone market reached a number of 81.1 million units during the third quarter of the ongoing year, marking an increase of 89.5 percent when compared to the 42.8 million units that were shipped during 3Q 2009.

According to the research firm, mobile phone makers posted double- or even triple-digit year-over-year growth in the time frame.

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At the same time, the firm notes that the total number of smartphones that were shipped around the world during the first three quarters of the ongoing year was of 200.6 million units, up 67.6 percent from the 119.6 million units shipped during the same time frame a year ago.

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“That the smartphone market has grown nearly ninety percent from last year and more than six times the overall mobile phone market indicates strong demand worldwide and vendors' collective ability to meet that demand,” says Ramon Llamas, IDC's Mobile Devices Technology and Trends team.

“Increasingly, users look to smartphones as their next devices while carriers have broadened selection and offered generous subsidies.

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