Gartner Q3 2009 Smartphone Sales Figures

Published by Steve Litchfield at 9:45 UTC, November 12th 2009

We've already had the Canalys figures, listed below are Gartner's reports/estimates for the same period, Q3 2009, worldwide. The numbers are very similar (though not for the year-on-year figures, with Q3 2008 looking different, oddly enough), showing Nokia's world smartphone market share at 39%, RIM (Blackberry) at 21%, Apple at 17% and with HTC (50% Android, 50% Windows Mobile) at 6%.

Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users in 3Q09 (Thousands of Units)

Company

3Q09

 Sales

3Q09 Market

 Share (%)

3Q08

 Sales

*3Q08 Market

 Share (%)

Nokia

16,156.4

39.3

15,472.3

42.3

Research in Motion

8,522.7

20.8

5,800.4

15.9

Apple

7,040.4

17.1

4720.3

12.9

HTC

2,659.5

6.5

1,656.3

4.5

Samsung

1,320.6

3.2

1,114.8

3.0

Others

5,368.0

13.1

7,793.3

21.3

Total

41,067.6

100.0

36,557.4

100.0

* NB. Q3 2008 figures vary wildly from the similar Canalys report. Take these with a pinch of salt. The Q3 2009 figures match almost exactly though, and are presumably more reliable.

From the Gartner press release:

"Smartphones continued to represent the fastest-growing segment of the mobile-devices market and we remain confident about the potential for smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2009 and in 2010,” said Ms Milanesi.


 

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News Discussion

Rafe
The Q3 2008 discrepancy in figures is largely about the number of iPhones sold. Gartner says 4.7 million whereas Canalys (and Apple themselves) says just under 7 million.

Just goes to prove calculating such number or reading too much into them is tricky.
Hardeep1singh
Psst Nokia! here's a word of advice.

XENON!
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Originally Posted by Hardeep1singh View Post
Psst Nokia! here's a word of advice.

XENON!
Yes Nokia, add a Xenon flash and you'll selling another half dozen phones, but destroy any profit margin.
Unregistered
Xenon is a gimmick.

I am happy with no flash at all. Flash destroys photographs.
Unregistered
How amusing, another N82 user bleating about xenon?

And surely SE should be top seeing as they have been so successful with it?
Unregistered
[quote]
Flash destroys photographs.
[\quote]

So untrue... Using the flash properly can enhance photography.
The Real Truth
How about the news of Apple being more profitable than Nokia with JUST the iPhone against every one of Nokias devices sold! Ha!

http://blog.telephonyonline.com/unfi...handset-maker/
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Originally Posted by The Real Truth View Post
How about the news of Apple being more profitable than Nokia with JUST the iPhone against every one of Nokias devices sold! Ha!

http://blog.telephonyonline.com/unfi...handset-maker/
How about Apple having the balls to come out with as many different devices as Nokia does!!
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Symbian is going down the loo
abugida
Why do Gartner and Canalys differ on Apple? Canalys is merely adding the figures the manufacturers deliver, which is sales of the manufacturer a.k.a. sell-in to the retail channel. Gartner tries to estimate how many units actually reached customers a.k.a. sell-through.

In Q3'08 Apple started the quarter with 0 stock because the original iPhone had been sold out since May. Then the iPhone 3G was released in mid-July, and by the end of the quarter the device was well-stocked in the retail channel. For the quarter, Apple reported 6.9 million units sold, with 2 million still in the channel. So going by Apple's reports, sell-in was 6.9 million (= Canalys) and sell-through was 4.9 million (= Gartner, more or less).

In Q3'09 Apple started and ended the quarter with about 2 million units in the channel. Therefore, sell-in = sell-trough and Canalys = Gartner.

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