1. sleepngbear's Avatar
    Apple becomes top-five cell-phone maker for the first time - Computerworld

    Apple has pushed into the top 5 cell phone makers in the world in the 3rd quarter. It jumped to #4, pushing RIM down to #5 and dumping Sony Ericsson out of top 5 altogether. (It's in the article, but FWIW, Nokia is solidly #1, followed by Samsung and LG.) Quite an accomplishment considering Apple only offers two versions of basically the same phone.

    It will be very interesting to see:
    - how RIM fares once it reports a full quarter of Torch sales, since the Torch launched half way through the quarter
    - if the introduction of the iPhone on Verizon will boost Apple significantly higher, cannibalize its AT&T sales, or something in between
    - in Windows Phone 7 may in some way help LG (or not) maintain what looks like a pretty solid hold on 3rd

    iPhone sales would have to more than double for Apple to move up any, while RIM would only need to jump by a few million to retake 4th (ha -- only a few million). On the other hand, Sony Ericsson, who seems to be banking heavily on Android, only needs to jump a few million to overtake RIM. Gonna be an interesting horse race between 4th, 5th and 6th in the next 6-12 months.
    10-30-10 11:24 PM
  2. Reed McLay's Avatar
    10-31-10 10:06 AM
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