European Smartphone Market Grows 41 Percent in Past Year
By Comscore Inc., PRNEMonday, September 13, 2010
Nokia Continues to Lead Smartphone Market But Apple and Android Devices are Gaining Fast
LONDON, September 14, 2010 - comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world,
today released a study of smartphone use showing that the Symbian platform
holds 54.4 percent of the Western European market. Despite Symbian's
continued growth in number of smartphone subscribers, its market share has
fallen as growth in the Apple OS and Android (Google) platforms has surged in
the past year.
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Top Smartphone Platforms in Europe 3 Month Avg. Ending July 2010 vs. July 2009 Total EU5 (UK, DE, FR, ES and IT) Smartphone Subscribers, Age 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens Jul-09 Jul-10 ------ ------ Share (%) Share (%) Subscribers of Subscribers of Point (000) Subscribers (000) Subscribers Change ----- ----------- ----- ----------- ------ Total Smartphone Subscribers : 13+ yrs old 43,053 100.0 % 60,850 100.0 % -------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ Symbian 29,601 68.8 % 33,080 54.4 % -14.4 ------- ------ ----- ------ ----- ----- Apple 4,398 10.2 % 11,677 19.2 % 9.0 ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- --- Microsoft 5,972 13.9 % 7,081 11.6 % -2.3 --------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- RIM 2,746 6.4 % 4,886 8.0 % 1.6 --- ----- ---- ----- ---- --- Google 208 0.5 % 3,708 6.1 % 5.6 ------ --- ---- ----- ---- ---
Smartphone adoption in the EU5 (U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Italy) has
grown 41 percent in the past year to 60.8 million subscribers. Currently,
more than one out of every two smartphones is a Nokia manufactured device,
although Nokia accounted for more than two out of every three smartphones a
year ago.
"Nokia is still the clear leader in the European smartphone market and as
the eagerly anticipated N8 launches, all eyes are on Nokia," says comScore
European VP Mobile, Jeremy Copp. "While Nokia has made great strides with
offerings such as the Ovi Store and Symbian 3, the pressure is on to reclaim
valuable market share. By innovating and bringing new phones to market for a
wide variety of audiences, Nokia's future is not predicated on the success of
one handset alone."
Top Mobile OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) 3 Month Avg. Ending July 2010 vs. July 2009 Total EU5 (UK, DE, FR, ES and IT) Smartphone Subscribers, Age 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens Jul-2009 Jul-2010 -------- -------- Share (%) Share (%) Subscribers of Subscribers of Point (000) Subscribers (000) Subscribers Change ----- ----------- ----- ----------- ------ Total Smartphone Subscribers: 13+ yrs old 43,053 100.0 % 60,850 100.0 % ------------- ------ ----- ------ ----- Nokia 28,260 65.6 % 31,169 51.2 % -14.4 ----- ------ ---- ------ ---- ----- Apple 4,398 10.2 % 11,677 19.2 % 9.0 ----- ----- ---- ------ ---- --- RIM 2,746 6.4 % 4,886 8.0 % 1.6 --- ----- --- ----- --- --- Samsung 1,976 4.6 % 3,121 5.1 % 0.5 ------- ----- --- ----- --- --- Sony Ericsson 498 1.2 % 1,495 4.8 % 3.6 ------------- --- --- ----- --- --- LG 197 0.5 % 487 0.8 % 0.3 -- --- --- --- --- --- Motorola 180 0.4 % 388 0.6 % 0.2 -------- --- --- --- --- ---
July 2010 European Mobile Benchmark Data
Below is comScore's July 2010 benchmark data, including a review of
mobile consumption behaviours and device penetration for five EU countries.
This benchmark data will be updated on a monthly basis to provide the most
up-to-date snapshot of the mobile industry. Further information on this
benchmark data, and other data included above, can be provided upon request.
Mobile Benchmark Data for the European Market 3 Month Average Ending July 2010 Total EU5 (UK, DE, FR, ES and IT), Age 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens Reach (%) of Mobile Subscribers ------------------------------- EU5 UK France Germany Italy Spain --- -- ------ ------- ----- ----- Sent text message to another phone 82.5% 90.6% 80.7% 80.7% 78.6% 81.4% -------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Used application [including games] 35.7% 41.8% 25.9% 35.3% 38.6% 37.1% ------------------ ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Used browser 26.2% 37.4% 25.1% 21.1% 23.7% 23.6% ------------ ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Listened to music on mobile phone 24.6% 23.6% 21.1% 26.8% 22.2% 30.5% -------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Accessed Social Networking Site or Blog 15.3% 24.6% 14.0% 9.3% 15.0% 13.6% ------------------------ ---- ---- ---- --- ---- ---- Accessed news and information 29.9% 37.1% 27.9% 24.1% 32.6% 27.8% ----------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Smartphone [Platform] 26.4% 28.5% 19.3% 20.3% 34.1% 31.9% --------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 3G Subscribers [Device Generation] 45.3% 44.6% 40.8% 41.8% 46.6% 56.0% ---------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
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