Market research company Strategy Analytics, the data show that the fourth quarter, the global smart phone shipments 94.1 million, an increase of 75%, refresh the record.
Last quarter, shipments of smart machines followed by the top three companies Nokia, Apple and RIM. However, with Samsung, Motorola, HTC and Sony Ericsson and other vendors have introduced a large number of Android phones, the three companies share in the global market last year, from 73% in 2009 down to 67%.
Nokia last year became the first intelligent machine within a year more than 100 million shipments of manufacturers. But the amazing achievements can not conceal the company's declining market share decline. Android Apple, and many in the competitive mobile phone manufacturers, Nokia's global market share last quarter, has moved from the fourth quarter of 2009 fell 39% to 30%.
Apple's shipments in the quarter rose nearly 1-fold, accounting for 17% global market share, slightly ahead of RIM.
RIM continues to be lack of touch screen mobile phone, dragged down global market share over the past year fell from 20% to 16%.
Last year, global smartphone shipments of 293 million. Compared to this, in 2008 this figure was only 151 million in 2009 to 175 million.