Motorola Poised to Take Top Android Device Maker Spot From HTC

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According to the folks over at Digitimes Research, Motorola is poised to take the top spot as the world’s top vendor of Android-powered handsets away from HTC this year .  Moto’s shipments of Android phones will account for a 34.7% share of the segment compared to HTC’s 31.9%.

HTC ended last year with six million Android phones shipped, making the company the number one vendor with a market share of 64.5% share. However, Motorola was able to move 2 million Droid/Milestone unites — or 25% of global Android phone sales — in less than three months. And since the Droid introduction, the American company has also released other Android models with plans to launch a total of 30 Android phones in 2010. Digitimes believes this strategy could help Motorola eventually ship a total of 12.5-15.6 million units by the end of the year. At the same time, total sales of Android smartphones are expected to reach 35-36 million units.

We’re certainly happy to see Motorola get back to the game and we’re looking forward to seeing their upcoming products.

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