| Year (Total Sales) | Market Share | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | HTC | Nokia | RIM | Sharp | Samsung | |
| 2007 (122.3 million) | 5th (2.7%) | 4th (3.0%) | 1st (49.4%) | 2nd (9.6%) | 3rd (5.6%) | — |
| 2008 (139.3 million) | 3rd (8.2%) | 4th (4.2%) | 1st (43.7%) | 2nd (16.6%) | 5th (3.8%) | — |
| 2009 (174.2 million) | 3rd (14.4%) | 4th (4.6%) | 1st (38.9%) | 2nd (19.8%) | — | 5th (3.3%) |
| 2010 (298.0 million) | 3rd (16.0%) | 4th (8.0%) | 1st (34.0%) | 2nd (16.0%) | — | 5th (8.0%) |
| 2011 (486.0 million) | 1st (19.1%) | 5th (9.2%) | 3rd (15.9%) | 4th (10.8%) | — | 2nd (18.7%) |
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