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Tomi Ahonen is a tragic figure of the mobile market – he is a total genius, but his blog posts are so long that they are all but impossible to read “quickly”. Nevertheless, his stat dumps contain a huge amount of valuable data – let’s get to it.

Biggest smartphone makers, by # sold
TEN BIGGEST SMARTPHONE MANUFACTURERS BY UNIT SALES IN Q1 2012

Rank . Maker . . . . . . Units . . . Market Share . . . . Was in Q4 of 2011
1 . . . . Samsung . . . 44.5 M . . 30.6 % . . . . . . . . ( 22.8 %)
2 . . . . Apple . . . . . . 35.1 M . . 24.2 % . . . . . . . . ( 23.9 %)
3 . . . . Nokia . . . . . . 11.9 M . . . 8.2 % . . . . . . . . ( 12.6 %)
4 . . . . RIM . . . . . . . 11.1 M . . . 7.6 % . . . . . . . . ( 9.1 %)
5 . . . . HTC . . . . . . . . 7.9 M . . . 5.4 % . . . . . . . . ( 6.1 %)
6 . . . . Sony . . . . . . . 7.3 M . . . 5.0 % . . . . . . . . ( 5.8 %)
7 . . . . Huawei . . . . . 7.0 M . . . 4.8 % . . . . . . . . ( 4.8 %)
8 . . . . LG . . . . . . . . . 5.5 M . . . 3.8 % . . . . . . . . ( 4.5 %)
9 . . . . Motorola . . . . . 5.1 M . . . 3.5 % . . . . . . . . ( 3.4 %)
10 . . . ZTE . . . . . . . . 5.0 M . . . 3.4 % . . . . . . . . ( 3.5 %)
Others . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 M . . . 3.3 % . . . . . . . . ( 3.5 %)
TOTAL . . . . . . . . . 145.2 M

Biggest smartphone OS, by # sold
Rank . OS Platform . . . . . . Units . . . . . Market share . . Was in Q4 of 2011
1 . . . . Android . . . . . . . . . 80.8 M . . . . 55.6 % . . . . . . . ( 49.0 %)
2 . . . . iOS . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.1 M . . . . 24.2 % . . . . . . . ( 23.9 %)
3 . . . . Blackberry . . . . . . . 11.1 M . . . . . 7.6 % . . . . . . . ( 9.1 %)
4 . . . . Symbian . . . . . . . . . 7.9 M . . . . . 5.4 % . . . . . . . ( 11.5 %)
5 . . . . bada . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8 M . . . . . 2.6 % . . . . . . . ( 2.3 %)
6 . . . . Windows Phone . . . . 2.3 M . . . . . 1.6 % . . . . . . . ( 1.2 %)
7 . . . . MeeGo . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 M . . . . . 1.5 % . . . . . . . ( 1.2 %)
8 . . . . Windows Mobile . . . . 0.4 M . . . . . 0.3 % . . . . . . . ( 0.4 %)
others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6 M . . . . . 1.1 % . . . . . . . ( 1.6 %)
TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.2 M

Installed base
Rank . OS Platform . . . . . . Units . . . . . Market share . . Was in Q4 of 2011
1 . . . . Android . . . . . . . . . 328 M . . . . . 32 % . . . . . . . . ( 27 %)
2 . . . . Symbian . . . . . . . . 299 M . . . . . 30 % . . . . . . . . ( 35 %)
3 . . . . iOS . . . . . . . . . . . 178 M . . . . . 18 % . . . . . . . . ( 16 %)
4 . . . . Blackberry . . . . . . 111 M . . . . . 11 % . . . . . . . . ( 12 %)
5 . . . . bada . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 M . . . . . 2 % . . . . . . . . ( 1 %)
6 . . . . Windows Mobile . . . . 16 M . . . . 2 % . . . . . . . . ( 2 %)
7 . . . . Windows Phone . . . . 9 M . . . . . 1 % . . . . . . . . ( 1 %)
Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 M . . . . . 5 % . . . . . . . . ( 6 %)
TOTAL Installed Base . . . 1,013 M smartphones in use at end of Q1 2012

Break-down of Android
ANDROID MAKERS IN Q1

Samsung . . . . . . 50%

HTC . . . . . . . . . . 10%

Sony . . . . . . . . . . 9%

Huawei . . . . . . . . 9%

LG . . . . . . . . . . . . 7%

Motorola . . . . . . . . 6%

ZTE . . . . . . . . . . . 6%

Others . . . . . . . . . 3%

Total Android . . . . 80.8 Million

Break-down of WP7
WINDOWS PHONE MAKERS IN Q1

Nokia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87%

Samsung . . . . . . . . . . . . 9%

HTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4%

Total Windows Phone . . 2.3 Million

(Note above does not include 400,000 Windows Mobile smartphones sold in Q1)

Break-down of Samsung shipments
SAMSUNG SPLIT BY OS IN Q1
Android . . . . . . . . . 91%
bada . . . . . . . . . . . . 9%
Windows Phone . . . . 1%
Total Samsung . . . . 44.5 M

Break-down of Nokia shipments
NOKIA SMARTPHONE SPLIT BY OS IN Q1
– 65% of Nokia branded smartphones still are sold running Symbian.
– 18% are running MeeGo and
– 17% are running Windows Phone.

Of course, his commentary should be read – if you have a can of Red Bull at hand, adjust seat recline and click the link below:
http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2012/05/smartphone-market-shares-after-q1-its-the-digital-jamboree-year-of-smartphone-bloodbath.html

When it comes to mobile development, religious wars can be fought about the question of web 2.0 vs native.

Mobile Business Briefing now brings us the following nugget:

Research house IDC said that 79 percent of surveyed mobile app developers plan to integrate HTML5 into products they launch this year.

The company said that by 2015, more than 80 percent of all mobile apps will be either wholly or in-part based on the web technology.

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Even though I still believe that native apps are the way to go, this sounds interesting – stay tuned for updates as we get them!

When it comes to data, Krusell’s once-monthly sales report are the staple food of our Metrics Maid section. In fact, we even have some explanation on our coverage as to why we are not breaking data down at OS levels anymore.

Krusell has now sent us the latest update:

1. (1) Apple iPhone 4/4S
2. (8) Sony Xperia S
3. (2) Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II
4. (-) Sony Xperia U
5. (7) Samsung Galaxy Note
6. (4) Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc/Arc S
7. (3) Samsung Galaxy Nexus
8. (-) Nokia E52
9. (10) HTC Sensation
10. (9) HTC Sensation XL
() = Last month’s position.

In April Sony’s new models Xperia S and U has made a significant race on the Top seller list from Krusell. It’s been a while since we had three phones from Sony, or previous Sony Ericsson, on our list, says Ulf Sandberg CEO at Krusell. In April it’s only Samsung who matches Sony in number of devices on the list, even if iPhone is still number one.

The Swedish manufacturer of carrying cases for portable electronics, Krusell, releases its “Top 10″-list for April 2012. The list is based on the number of pieces of custom made mobile- and smartphone cases ordered from Krusell during April 2012. Krusell’s list is unique due to the fact that it reflects the sales of phones on six continents and in more than 70 countries around the globe.

Not much to add here…