ITcandor publishes 2017 mobile device market shares and forecasts

Press Release – Didcot, March 2018

Mobile devices of all types are vital for providing a window into the digital world for consumers and business people alike. ITCandor has been sizing and forecasting the market since 2009. I’m pleased to announce the full availability of our market share and forecasts workbooks, which can form a solid set of data for anyone drawing up business plans for these and associated markets.In 2017 the mobile device market:

  • Grew by 0.6% in unit shipments to 1.4b
  • Grew by 1.8% in revenues to $335b
  • Declined by 2.8% in unit installed base to 3.3b
  • Had 2 clear supplier leaders – Apple in revenue (49.6%) and Samsung in shipments (28.3%)


These are just the headline findings of our data which covers:

  1. 53 separate countires
  2. shipment units, revenue ($m) and unit installed base
  3. 24 different suppliers
  4. 7 different operating systems
  5. smart phones, tablets and wearables separately
  6. basic phones and audio devices
  7. quarterly data from 2005 onwards
  8. forecast data by quarter for 2018 onwards

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