Symbian gyveth, Android taketh away in Europe, says mobile phone market research

These 16.1% Nokia's market share diminished with, have gone almost point-for-point to Android handsets. The little green robot pumped up its share in the five major European markets - UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain - with 16.2%, going from 6.1% to 22.3% of the market.
Top Smartphone Platforms in EU5 by Share of Smartphone Users* 3 Month Average Ending July 2011 vs. July 2010 Total EU5 (DE, FR, IT, ES and UK) Mobile Subscribers, Age 13+ | |||
Smartphone Platform | Share (%) of EU5 Smartphone Users | ||
Jul-10 | Jul-11 | Point Change | |
Total Smartphone Users | 100.00% | 100.0% | 0.0 |
Symbian | 53.9% | 37.8% | -16.1 |
6.0% | 22.3% | 16.2 | |
Apple | 19.0% | 20.3% | 1.2 |
RIM | 8.0% | 9.4% | 1.5 |
Microsoft | 11.5% | 6.7% | -4.8 |
Another interesting observation is that Apple's smartphone growth has been more modest than RIM's in those five major EU countries, rising 1.2% vs RIM's 1.5% increase in market share. Waiting it out for the next iPhone might be the culprit here, as much as Microsoft's transition to a brand new mobile OS might have been the reason for its big slump from 11.5% in July of last year, to 6.7% market share this summer.
source: comScore via mocoNews