Android OS Takes HTC and Samsung Off on Smartphone Market
Relying on android OS smartphones seemed to have been fruitful blessing for HTC and Samsung. According to iSuppli, as quoted from TechWatch, HTC successfully raised its market share to 8% in the second quarter of 2010 from 5.3% in the first quarter. The Taiwanese vendors are firmly in the fourth position of the world’s largest smartphone manufacturers.
As for Samsung, after launching Android handset such as the Galaxy S has managed to shift Motorola in fifth position, with a market share of 4.6% from 3.2% previously. “Android is the secret growth of smartphones for many companies in 2010,” said Tina Teng, a senior analyst at iSuppli. Despite shifting the position, which also relies on Motorola’s Android also
enjoying an increase. Their smartphone market share is now 4.5%, previous 4.3% in the first quarter.
Some negative issues were not affected much at Nokia. They still occupy the number one position in the smart phone category with a market share of 39.7%, up from 38.5%.
Stalking in positions two and three are Research in Motion (RIM) and Apple. But both experienced a slight loss in performance. RIM BlackBerry flagship holding a market share of 18.5%, down slightly from 18.8%. Meanwhile, Apple now has a market share of 13.9%, dropped from 15.7%.
Android The Main Competitors of IPad
Apple might has sold millions of IPAD tablets to the world. However some predicted that they can not survive at the top of the tablet industry after facing a wave of Android based tablet raids. Gene Munster, an industry analyst from the investment firm Piper Jaffray states Android has become the main iPad opponent.
Released new version of Android and a richer choice of tablet makes it potentially straddling the iPad. “Just as happened in the smartphone market, we believe Android is the strongest competitor of iPad. In the long run, Android may surpass iPad tablet in market share because there are many options from different manufacturers,” said Munster.
Indeed viewing smartphone industry, Android continues to erode Apple’s iPhone. In a new smartphone sales in the United States in August 2010, the combined sales of Android phones have been in the top position. This is the basis for analysis of Munster, that the same thing will happen in the tablet industry. Many vendors will release tablets iPad predictable mainstay so overwhelmed deal with it.
Android OS version 3.0 aka Gingerbread has increasingly the strength of Android tablets. According to Munster, Android 3.0 will support a screen resolution of 1280×768, same as the iPad. But the victory over the iPad Android still takes time. According to the analysis of Munster, 2011, IPAD has a market share of 57% and 26% new Android tablets. This is similar to other predictions that call iPad still prevail next year. (quoted from Wired).
iPhone and Android Will Dominate Phone Cell-Market in 2015
Ovum research firm projected that the total amount of the downloadable mobile application in the Asia Pacific region will reach 5.3 billion later in 2015 later. The majority came from the Apple iPhone and mobile users Google Android. From these approximate figures, a total of 597.15 million applications, or approximately 11% of them will be controlled by the iPhone. The total downloaded apps will only be rivaled by other mobile users that use the Android operating systems.
“Apple iPhone will dominate the smartphone market segment of high end within the next five years. However, this dominance will remain under strong competition from Android-based handsets,” said Ovum analyst Adam Leach, as quoted from the AFP on Wednesday .
According to Leach, the presence of Google Android started two years ago have become a new phenomenon and allow every handset maker creates an interesting alternative to the iPhone. In fact, Leach said, a handset that uses Android platform looks like iPhone clone. “Android-based device offers a wider freedom with the available content . And perhaps more interesting than the device with content that is only approved by Apple alone,” he added.
