some interesting numbers and facts for the market!

Chart I: Wireless Phone Market Shares (By Brand)

56% Symbian (primarily Nokia)
13% Windows Mobile
12% RIMM Blackberry
9% LINUX
7% MAC (iPhone)
2% Palm
1% other
Source: Industry statistics, Money Morning Staff Research.

More importantly, Apple has recently been selling more units than the king of the enterprise-mobile phone segment, Research in Motion Ltd. lately. The mobile phone market is huge and has been almost doubling in size year after year. And although growth is expected to slow a bit in the future, the profit possibilities remain huge. Could these market growth numbers and Apple’s share gains be maintained?

To get a better idea, I started by studying the worldwide market-share sales projections for the “smartphone” market. Admittedly, these statistics harken back from before the current financial crisis really took hold in the past month or so. Still, it’s a good starting point. Let’s take a look at Chart II:

Chart II: Projected Global “Smartphone” Sales

The year-by-year and projected annual breakdown of global smartphone sales between both the high-end consumer and conventional corporate users (in millions of units).

Year Corporate High End Consumer
2006 : 12 + 39
2007 21 + 77
2008 40 + 134
2009 74 + 219
2010 111 + 300
Sources: Industry Statistics, Money Morning staff research.