In recent weeks, we’ve noticed analyst firms shift their attention from pure iOS v Android calculations, to drilling down into individual manufacturers. Take ABI Research’s new report, which claims that between them, Samsung and Apple accounted for 55% of global smartphone shipments and a startling 90% of all market profits in the first quarter of 2012. ABI reckons that Samsung shipped 43m smartphones in Q1 to Apple’s 35m, with a long drop to Nokia (11.9m) and RIM (11.1m). It’s also predicting further woe for Nokia: “At this point in the year, Nokia will have to grow its Windows Phone business 5000% in 2012 just to offset its declines in Symbian shipments…”
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