Monday, August 16, 2010

Smartphone Install Base

There's been a lot of buzz about Android's amazing growth in the last quarter. Assuming the vast majority of customers don't buy a new phone more often than every two years, the install base would reflect the sum of sales over the last 8 quarters.

Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users by OS 3Q08-2Q10 (Thousands of Units)

Symbian166,463.346%
RIM69,370.619%
iOS50,791.914%
Windows Mobile30,596.98%
Android22,619.26%
Linux17,440.45%
Other5,699.62%


Note this doesn't include business sales, which would likely boost RIM a lot and iOS a little. Nor does this include devices other than phones, e.g. iPod touch and iPad.

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