Saturday, January 29, 2011

IDC: ZTE takes fourth in global cellphone rankings, leapfrogs Apple and knocks RIM out of top 5

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You like numbers? Good, because it's the season and amid all these
lovely financial reports we've been hitting there are some broader
trends to look at. IDC has released its mobile phone report for 2010
and has concluded that, worldwide, the industry grew 18.5 percent over
2009, shipping a massive 1.39 billion units. That's nice and all, but
check out this bit about ZTE. The manufacturer boosted its annual
shipments by 94 percent, stealing Apple's recently-won fourth place
position globally and, in doing so, knocking RIM straight into the
dreaded "others" category. Can RIM make it back? Will Apple recover?
Will Siobhan and Lucky ever reconcile their differences? Tune in next
quarter to find out.

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