RIM's market share may drop to 5 percent

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Summary: According to one analyst, RIM may only be able to hold onto 5 percent of the mobile market share by the time BlackBerry 10 devices are expected to launch in October.


On the eve of Research in Motion’s developer conference in Orlando, Florida, one analyst warned that the company may lose out on even more precious market share to Apple and Google.

RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Sue told Reuters that Apple and Samsung continue to lead the race for the top spot, while others are “donating” market share.

At the last count, RIM had 8.8 percent of the market share for the fourth-quarter, according to research group Gartner, a figure down by nearly half on the year earlier. comScore figures for November–February show a a steeper drop with HTC replacing RIM in fifth place in the top mobile OEMs category, indicating less than 6.3 percent of the mobile market share.

But while RIM aims to launch its next-generation BlackBerry smartphones later this year — pegged for October, reports suggest — the company could find its market share dropping 5 percent or less, Sue said.

RIM only has a trickle of new BlackBerry customers as the company loses ground to smartphone makers with greater popularity. In the meantime, RIM is branching out to the emerging markets for a short-term revenue ‘hit’ in order to prop the company up until BlackBerry 10 devices launch.

But in taking the long view, RIM could bounce back. It means a strategy shift for the company. First and foremost, it needs to get BlackBerry 10 out the door sooner rather than later. But if it’s not ready, it’s not ready. It can’t pull a ‘PlayBook’ with a smartphone line-up and release the hardware without crucial elements of the smartphone like it did with its tablet.

RIM will just have to wait until its long-term fix comes in. If BlackBerry 10 fails, likely the company will do too.

jasmineh

就phone和email来言，觉得我的9900 bold比我的爱疯好用。轻拍。

交易人生

图形上看，三星最有进取心，还没有run down，三星基本把各种屏幕尺寸覆盖了，不过利润肯定不如苹果高。

google目前最亏，不过未来一旦收点版权费，利润真不少。

dalaohu

Apple and Samsung accounted for 99 percent of the total mobile phone profits, with HTC taking the remaining 1 percent.

Out of the 99 percent Apple took the majority of it with an astounding 73 percent, with Samsung being left with the remaining 26 percent despite being the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer right now. As mentioned before, HTC took 1 percent out of the total and everybody else, including RIM, Nokia, LG, Motorola and Sony Mobile reported a loss in the first quarter.

交易人生

看了一个report，smart phone到了2017年才能饱和，现在这个时候都赚不到钱的公司，到时候都够呛，现在大家都应当有的赚，因为市场在不断的扩大。

苹果的apple store应当贡献不小。有可能变数最大的是google，android的系统这么开放，google没捞到银子，还是未来把羊养肥了再宰。