The fate of #mobile phone brands

The violence with which new platforms have displaced incumbent mobile vendor fortunes continues to surprise.

• Nokia’s Symbian platform has gone from 47% share to 16% in three years 

• Microsoft’s phone platforms have gone from 12% to 1% 

• Other platforms have gone from 21% to zero 

• Although far less dramatic, RIM’s decline from 17% to 12% is causing acute pain and anxiety 

This while entrants have grown share in spectacular fashion:

• Android from zero to 48% (A two year period) 

• iOS from 2% to 19% 

• Bada from zero to 4% (two quarters only)

http://www.asymco.com/2011/08/08/the-fate-of-mobile-phone-brands/