Asia Pacific Handset Shipments, Vendor Market Share, Strategies and Key Trends Q3’2011

This report and its associated database provide an in-depth assessment of handset shipments, vendor market share, strategies and key trends in Q3’2011 for the Asia Pacific region. The Asia Pacific region witnessed 172.56 million units which was a massive 24.91% increase over the same period in 2010 (138.15 million units). As a result, the full year 2011 is expected to be a record one. By contrast the Q3 2011 handset shipments fell in North America by 6.63% over the same period of 2010 and by 1.51% in Central and Eastern Europe but these declines were more than compensated for by the dramatic rises of in Asia Pacific as well as in Latin and Central America (23.39%) and in the Middle East and Africa (45.58%) resulting in overall Q3 shipments worldwide that grew in Q3’2011 by 14.86% over Q3’2010. Within Asia Pacific, quarter 3 has witnessed great changes with vendors with several making announcements of new products, new operating systems and new functionality in a drive to generate sales ahead of Q4 demand. There are now active battles being fought by all vendors to capture, maintain or win back market share but these are unlikely to immediately threaten the Nokia and Samsung lead positions although Nokia may continue to see a declining market share. In terms of the key players and market leaders, Nokia has achieved a Q3 2011 market share of 28.27% of all shipments to Asia Pacific and while it remains in poll position, this share is down on all previous Q3 volumes in this marketplace as it is in battle with so many aggressive competitors. By contrast, Samsung in second place with a Q3 share of 17.09 is 33% up on the same time last year and is thus gradually increasing its share and slowly eroding Nokia’s lead. ZTE has come from nowhere in 2009 to third position in Q3 2011 with shipments of 9.15 million units and a 5.33% share in Asia Pacific that is set to further challenge both market leaders. Similarly, Huawei is fighting aggressively and has captured a 4.33% Q3 2011 share and is also set to make its mark hereafter. Apple continues to make good inroads with its iPhone series and while its Q3 share of 3.16% is down on both previous 2011 quarters, it is double that of the same period last year. Like Nokia, Sony Ericsson is losing out to the competition with a declining market share although its Q3 performance has been a substantial improvement over recent times reaching a 2.46% share with 4.22 million units; 50% on the same time last year.

Contents

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Coverage
1.2 Executive Summary

2 SECTION 1: GLOBAL HISTORICAL REGIONAL TRENDS

2.1 Historical Market Size and Share by Region
  2.1.1 Historical Handset Shipments by Region
  2.1.2 Historical Year on Year Growth
2.2 Global Shipments: 2011 Quarters 1-3
  2.2.1 Handset Shipments by Region 2011 to date
  2.2.2 Global Handset Shipments by Region volumes

3 SECTION 2: ASIA PACIFIC TRENDS

3.1 Trends in Handset Shipments to Asia Pacific
  3.1.1 Historical Handset Shipments
Asia Pacific: Historical Handset Shipments 2004-2011 (Quarters 1-3 only)
  3.1.2 Handset Shipments 2011 Quarters 1-3
Asia Pacific: 2011 Quarters 1-3 Handset Shipments – Percentage per Quarter
  3.1.3 Asia Pacific Handset Shipments 2011 Quarters 1-3 compared to 2010 & 2009
Asia Pacific: 2011 Quarters 1-3 Handset Shipments compared to 2010 & 2009

4 SECTION 3: ASIA PACIFIC TRENDS BY VENDOR

4.1 Historical Trends by Vendor
  4.1.1 Historical Handset Shipment Vendors by volume
  4.1.2 Historical Handset Shipment Vendors Market Share
4.2 2011 Quarters 1-3 Shipments to Asia Pacific
  4.2.1 2011 Quarters 1-3 Handset Shipment Vendors Market Share
  4.2.2 2011 Quarter 3 Handset Shipment Vendors
  4.2.3 Vendor Strategies
    4.2.3.1 Nokia
    4.2.3.2 Samsung
    4.2.3.3 ZTE
    4.2.3.4 Huawei
    4.2.3.5 Apple
    4.2.3.6 Sony Ericsson
    4.2.3.7 HTC
    4.2.3.8 LG
    4.2.3.9 Lenovo
    4.2.3.10 Motorola Mobility
    4.2.3.11 RIM

COMPANIES MENTIONED

Acer
Alcatel-TCL
Apple
BenQ Mobile (Siemens)
Casio-Hitachi
Fujitsu
HP (Palm)
HTC
Huawei
Kyocera
Lenovo
LG
Mitsubishi
Mobiwire (Sagem)
Motorola Mobility (Google Asset)
NEC
Ningbo Bird
Nokia
Panasonic
Pantech
Philips
RIM
Samsung
Sanyo
Sharp
Sony Ericsson
TCL
Toshiba
UTStarcom/PCD
ZTE

COUNTIRES COVERED

Australia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
China
Cocos Islands
Cook Islands
East Timor
Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji
French Polynesia
Guam
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Kiribati
Korea
Laos
Macau
Malaysia
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue
North Korea
Northern Marianas
Pakistan
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Samoa
Samoa (American)
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Thailand
Tonga
Vanuatu
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