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23.6%

23.6% -- smartphone market share for smartphones sold worldwide (Q1 2011)

Name: Smartphone Market Share Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-07-17

Q1 2011 · Gartner

In Q1 2011, smartphones represented 23.6% of all mobile phones sold worldwide according to Gartner.

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23.6%

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Q1 2011

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smartphones sold worldwide

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Gartner Primary Tier A

http://frenchweb.fr/etude-les-chiffre-de-mobiles-dans-le-monde-au-premier-trimestre-2011/?replytocom… ↗

Confidence: 54/100 Vintage: Q1 2011 Channel: Cc Extraction

Source Article

[Etude] Les ventes de mobiles dans le monde au premier trimestre 2011

[Etude] Les ventes de mobiles dans le monde au premier trimestre 2011 Selon Gartner , il s’est vendu au premier trimestre 2011 427.8 M de téléphone mobiles dans le monde soit 19% de plus que sur la même période il y a un an. 23.6 % des appareils écoulés sont des smartphones et la progression de leur…

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smartphones sold worldwide: 23.6% smartphone market share. Source: Gartner (Q1 2011). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/smartphone-share-q1-2011

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