20 Feb 10 Symbian On Top of the Global Smartphone OS Vendors List

Despite dropping market share of Symbian-based Smartphone in the global market, the global shipment volume of Symbian Smartphone OS grew by 4.8% to 78.5 million from 74.9 million units in 2009, which made Symbian the number one Smartphone OS by shipment volume. In last one year, the global market share of Symbian Smartphone has dropped from 52.4% in 2008 to 47.2% in 2009.

RIM maintained its last year standing and finished 2009 at number two position in terms of global shipment as well as market share. The number of unit shipped rose by 46.6% from 23.6 million to 34.5 million, and its market share increased by 4.3% from 16.5% to 20.8%.

In terms of growth rate, Google’s Android has churned out a mammoth number. Google Android grew by 1073.5%. In volume terms, it increased from 663,500 units in 2008 to 7.8 million units in 2009, and its global market share grew from 0.5% to 4.7%.

The main loser in 2009 was Microsoft’s Smartphone OS. It has lost 26.4% of its volume compared to Smartphone OS volume in 2008— from 19.9 million units to 14.7 million units. Its market share also decline by 5.1% point from 13.9% to 8.8 %. (See image for complete data)

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