According to some sums performed by Digitimes, Motorola looks like unseating HTC as the world’s favourite Android phone maker during 2010 – mostly thanks to the staggering success of the Motorola DROID in North America.
Digitimes estimates that HTC sold around six million Android-powered smartphones in 2009, giving it a 64.5% market share – but Motorola, with its DROID shifting a barnstorming TWO MILLION units since launching in October 2009 and the arrival of the DEXT/CLIQ, is expected to blitz HTC during 2010 and take the #1 spot.
Here’s Motorola’s surprisingly popular saviour…
We’re not sure Digitimes is doing anything other than wildly extrapolating its figures for 2010 based on the Q4 performance of the DROID in North America, but still. The recent staggering turnaround in the fortunes of Motorola is worthy of praise.
Motorola’s latest flagship dual-core Android monster is a massive, original powerhouse, that’s a big improvement on previous MOTOBLUR mobiles – but still isn’t a total winner.
A slim and glamorous phone from Sony Ericsson, with the sharpest display around. It’s no powerhouse and the screen’s not the biggest out there, but we don’t mind. Because it’s cute.
LG’s first glasses-free 3D phone is a heavy, fat monster, with a clever 3D effect that works rather well. As a smartphone, though, it’s heavy and underwhelming.
A very shiny thing from Sony Ericsson, with a 3.7″ screen and Android 2.3.3 inside. But is it exciting enough to win fans in today’s spec-obsessed market? Can man live on one core alone?
INQ’s Android phone is an interesting “boutique” piece of hardware, packed with unique interface customisations that go far beyond the headline Facebook integration. We like it a lot.
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