According to some very savvy dressed and well-read researchers at Strategy Analytics, Apple has joined the likes of Samsung and Sony Ericsson as one of the top ten mobile phone venders, thanks to the iPhone. These three vendors were the only companies to show an increase in their market share during 08's 3rd quarter earnings.
Apple has significantly increased their unit shipments from 1.1 million during last years Q3, to 6.9 million during this Q3. These huge earnings have rocketed the iPhone into the top 10 list of the mobile phone suppliers. Apple still has a long way to beat LG, Samsung, and Nokia. Nokia shipped 117.8 million handsets during the same quarter. Those savvy dressed researchers predict that Nokia's quarterly shipments will fall due to their lack of, and America's healthy and perfectly justifiable addiction to, smart phones, thanks in part to the iPhone and BlackBerry.
Now, we may not dress as savvy as the research team, or be as well read, so if you want the full report feel free to go to Strategy Analytics website and drop the $899 for the digital document, or listen to us.
