Smartphone Market Share Statistics: Market Saturation on its Way

There’s a statistic for nearly everything. And, they don’t appear to need to agree even when apparently measuring the same thing (and therein lies the problem).

Let’s start with the IDC’s data that shows Apple’s iPhone passing RIM’s BlackBerry in worldwide sales for the past quarter.

Apple Passed RIM in Worldwide Phone Sales But Has a Long Way to Catch Up to Nokia, Samsung & LG

Then, there’s Canalys’ decision to compare the iPhone with individual Android handset manufacturer’s instead of an aggregate of their combined Android phone sales (see Frank’s commentary linked below).

It’s

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