EMEA smart mobile device shipments grow 11.7% year on year in Q3 2006, up from 10.6% in Q2. Converged devices grow 19.2%, while unconnected handhelds fall again, this time by 42.7%. Nokia retains overall market lead, while HTC in second is fastest growing vendor in the top five. Symbian’s share increases to 78.7%, ahead of Microsoft on 16.9%. Growth in the EMEA smart mobile device market in Q3 rose slightly from the previous quarter, but remains well below the 100%-plus rates seen for most of last year. Nokia’s lead, achieved largely through shipments of its consumer-focused Symbian S60 devices, remains comfortable. With new UIQ models shipping last quarter, fellow Symbian-based vendor Sony Ericsson re-entered the top five (in fourth place) after a long absence, helping take Symbian’s market share up to 78.7% from 76.6% a year
earlier.
| EMEA smart mobile device market | |||||
| Q3 2006 | Q3 2005 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Shipments | Share | Shipments | Share | YTY |
| Nokia | 5,500,830 | 75.2% | 4,848,450 | 74.0% | 13.5% |
| HTC | 298,730 | 4.1% | 78,740 | 1.2% | 279.4% |
| RIM | 253,420 | 3.5% | 230,190 | 3.5% | 10.1% |
| Sony Ericsson | 219,010 | 3.0% | 116,640 | 1.8% | 87.8% |
| HP | 186,390 | 2.5% | 308,280 | 4.7% | -39.5% |
| Others | 861,310 | 11.8% | 970,550 | 14.8% | -11.3% |
| Source: Canalys | |||||