Methodology

Primary Data Sources

Secondary Sources

IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker

2011 Overview

Overview of Market Leaders

Samsung

Apple

Nokia

Research In Motion

HTC

Smartphone Shipment Share by Top 5 Vendor, 2010 and 2011

Figure: Worldwide Smartphone Shipment Share by Top 5 Vendor, 2010 and 2011

Regional Overview

North America

Latin America

EMEA

Asia/Pacific

Forecast and Assumptions

Table: Top 3 Assumptions for the Worldwide Smartphone Market, 2012–2016

Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Worldwide Smartphone Market, 2012–2016

Table: Worldwide Smartphone Shipments by Region, 2011–2016 (000)

Table: Worldwide Smartphone Shipment Share and Shipments by Operating System, 2011–2016

Table: Worldwide Mobile Phone and Smartphone Shipments, 2011–2016 (000)

Figure: Worldwide Smartphone Shipments, 2006–2016

Market Context

Table: Worldwide Smartphone Shipments by Region, 2006–2016: Comparison of December 2011 and March 2012 Forecasts (M)

Figure: Worldwide Smartphone Shipments, 2006–2016: Comparison of December 2011 and March 2012 Forecasts

Experiment with Form Factors

Develop a Thriving Developer Ecosystem

Improve Application Discovery

Who Needs Wires?

Battery Life Deteriorating

Related Research

Synopsis