While worldwide cellphone revenue fell a little bit during the third one fourth, revenue of cellular mobile phones are ongoing to rise, according to new figures from Gartner.
More than 427 billions cellular phones were marketed in total during the third one fourth, 3 % down on the same one fourth a season ago, Gartner said, but up a little bit on the 419 billions gadgets shipped in the second one fourth.
Meanwhile, smart phone revenue are ongoing their upward trajectory in comparison to function cellular phones -- 169 billions cellular mobile phones were marketed during the one fourth, an improve of 47 % year-on-year.
More than 427 billions cellular phones were marketed in total during the third one fourth, 3 % down on the same one fourth a season ago, Gartner said, but up a little bit on the 419 billions gadgets shipped in the second one fourth.
Meanwhile, smart phone revenue are ongoing their upward trajectory in comparison to function cellular phones -- 169 billions cellular mobile phones were marketed during the one fourth, an improve of 47 % year-on-year.
Samsung, Htc and The apple company remain the top three vendors by revenue for the one fourth. Htc, however, saw its business drop by over 20 % in comparison to last season -- dropping from 23.9 % in Q3 2011 to 19.2 % in Q3 this season, while The apple company and Samsung's business both rose.
Asian manufacturers -- ZTE, LG, and Huawei -- saw modest gains during the one fourth, while BlackBerry-maker Analysis in Motion and Taiwanese cellphone manufacturer HTC both saw a 30 % decrease in business. RIM's business now appears at 2.1 %, while HTC's is 2 %.
Google-owned Motorola Mobility also saw a decrease in revenue, with its business dropping from 2.5 % last season to 2 % this season.
As expected, Google's Android cellular os maintains the smart phone foundation top (with 72.4 % of all cellular mobile phones marketed in the one fourth, up from 52.5 % last year) followed by Apple's iOS in a distant second place (13.9 percent). Microsoft's Windows Phone foundation improve its discuss from 1.5 % of all cellular mobile phones last season to 2.4 % in the current one fourth. However, the surprise jump is Samsung's Bada cellular os which has passed both declining Symbian and falling-behind Microsoft in foundation discuss, and now appears at 3 % discuss, up from 2.2 % last season.
Gartner principal research analyst Anshul Gupta said in a statement: "After two successive one fourth of decrease in cell cellphone revenue, need has improved in both older and emerging marketplaces as revenue increased sequentially," adding: "In China, revenue of cell cellular phones grew driven by revenue of cellular mobile phones, while need of function cellular phones remained weak. In older marketplaces, we finally saw replacement revenue pick up with the launch of new gadgets in the one fourth."
