Symbian loses in a year, half of European market share

Nokia has in the past year, the market share of its mobile OS Symbian in Europe with half decline. Turned to a year ago, 40 percent of new European smartphones on Symbian, in 2011 is 20 percent.

The figures are for the first quarter and are collected by marktvorser IDC, reports Apple Insider. Although the article does not mention, it is obvious that especially iOS and Android have benefited from the free fall in which the market share of Symbian has dropped. Android was in the Netherlands in the third quarter of 2010, already the market leader, later, that happened also in other countries. Apple sold more iPhones because the device at the end of last year, with more providers in the shelves ended up. Sold In the Netherlands only T-Mobile the iPhone, in november, went to Vodafone and KPN, the Apple smartphone will also be selling.

Already took the market share of Android in its home country of the United States for the first time. In the fourth quarter of 2010 was slightly more than half of the new smartphones in the US Android in the first quarter was slightly less than half. That’s according to marktvorser IDC by the release of the iPhone at Verizon Wireless, the largest provider of the USA.

The smartphone market grew globally last year, with 87 percent. Smartphones in conjunction with mobile internet in the Netherlands also quickly become popular. According to the OPTA have 5.6 million Dutch mobile internet.