Way back in 2006 the mobile phone industry looked very different - fast forward to today and new entrant Apple now accounts for 2.5 per cent of global handset sales with its iPhone - not bad for a product which only began to emerge internationally later in 2007.
Strategy Analytics reports Apple’s 7.4 million iPhones shipped internationally worldwide in Q3 2009 gives the Cupertino company a record 2.5 percent marketshare.
“Apple is expanding its distribution networks into all major
regions worldwide and this is driving its volume growth,” the analysts observed.
According to the analysts, this climb in share comes as global mobile handset shipments fell 4 percent year-over-year, to reach 291 million units in Q3 2009. The rate of declin
