Nokia Smartphones Scaling High in Western Europe

Smartphones are expensive handsets yet every company comes up with new features to dominate arch rivals in the mobile phone markets. The competition between mobile phone companies is very volatile and Nokia has shown up remarkable performance last quarter of 2010.

Manufacturing companies are fixing deals with different operating system companies to run their phones to have a firm existence in the international markets. And mobile applications sold out by these companies also define the shelf life of the handsets in the running markets.

Symbian, iOS, Microsoft, Android operating systems are some of the leading ones governing the mobile phone industry. And the applications run by users on handsets by aiding these operating system also define the importance of phones. Usually, when a new smartphone enters into the mobile phone markets, applications from apps store also defines how long a phone handset may last in the markets.

When a new smartphone begins to draw more attention either for its enhanced features or by an increase in number of downloads apps. During this period, a phone consumer may not hesitate to sell mobile phone for cash to a good phone recycler. A good mobile phone recycling company can be tracked on the Internet by using a Google search.

According to market experts, Smartphones are determined to continue the Western European. Fourth-quarter 2010 figures reveal total mobile phone market growth of 3.2 per cent year-on-year to 58.7 million units. Smartphone exports have increased to 25.6 million units, a figure, which is quite surprising, a whopping 99.4 per cent higher. In comparison to Q4 2009, representing 44 per cent of total shipments.

In this race, Nokia took top spot in the Western European markets, which is an inclusion of smartphones and feature phones, allowing for itself a market share of 19.6 per cent. Similar to this, Samsung stood second with 15.6 per cent, third by Apple at 5.2 per cent, fourth by Sony Ericsson at 4.2 per cent and fifth by Research in Motion (RIM) at 3.8 per cent.

European mobile devices research centre has opened details to all about the last quarter of 2010 for the time to come in Western Europe. Western Europe is already dominated by smartphones and key players is expected to be Android. Android phones have shown a remarkable performance has risen to seven fold within a year and last quarter of 2010 it has been coined as fastest operating system.

Market analysts estimate Android to grow 37 percent compound annual growth from 2010 to 2015 in Western Europe and it is expected to grow higher than its arch rival, the iOS from Apple. In the meantime, Nokia and Microsoft have massive plans to work together on a single platform by creating a common operating system. Much sort for alliance could be a boon for Android and iOS to pool in Nokia and Microsoft loyalists before a concrete operating system gets devised by Nokia and Microsoft.