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So Gartner Was Right!

'…by Year-End 2014, three of the top five mobile handset vendors will be Chinese…'

By: Udayan Banerjee

Feb. 8, 2013 07:09 AM

In October, 2012 Gartner predicted that:

“…by Year-End 2014, three of the top five mobile handset vendors will be Chinese…”

I did not really believe it!

Canalys Study
But, it turns out that if you go by the study released by Canalys, it has already happened! Here are the details:

IDC Study
However, IDC study released recently shows a slightly different picture:

Who is right? Well … next few quarters should make it clear!

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About Udayan Banerjee
Udayan Banerjee is CTO at NIIT Technologies Ltd, an IT industry veteran with more than 30 years' experience. He blogs at http://setandbma.wordpress.com.
The blog focuses on emerging technologies like cloud computing, mobile computing, social media aka web 2.0 etc. It also contains stuff about agile methodology and trends in architecture. It is a world view seen through the lens of a software service provider based out of Bangalore and serving clients across the world. The focus is mostly on...

Keep the hype out and project a realistic picture
Uncover trends not very apparent
Draw conclusion from real life experience
Point out fallacy & discrepancy when I see them
Talk about trends which I find interesting

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