269 Million handsets were shipped in the second quarter of this year, a little improved figure compared to the 253.5 million handsets shipped in the first quarter, reported ABI Research and the same is confirmed by Gartner. Though the numbers are still sharply down compared to last year, Improved sales figures are for sure signaling a turnaround.
The economic slow down still has it’s impact on overall figures but smart phone sales kept growing as expected with a 27 percent growth year-on-year to 40 million devices.
Highlights for the second quarter shipments include:
- Nokia beat expectations and remained leader even in smartphone segment.
- Nokia sold 16.9 million units compared to 13.7 million in the first quarter, increasing its market share to 38.3 percent.
- Apple had largest gains in the smartphone market, the company sold 5.4 million iPhones in Q2 compared to 892,000 last year.
- Apple’s market share grew to 13.3 percent from 2.8 percent last year.
- Handset display market hit the bottom, while it is expected to grow to 360 million the third quarter.
| Company | 2Q09 sales | 2Q09 market share | 2Q08 sales | 2Q08 market share |
| Nokia | 105,413.3 | 36.8 | 120,353.3 | 39.5 |
| Samsung | 55,430.2 | 19.3 | 46,376 | 15.2 |
| LG | 30,497.0 | 10.7 | 26,698.9 | 8.8 |
| Motorola | 15,947.8 | 5.6 | 30,371.8 | 10 |
| Sony Ericsson | 13,574.2 | 4.7 | 22,951.7 | 7.5 |
| Others | 65,260.2 | 23.0 | 57,970.6 | 19 |
| Total | 286,122.7 | 100 | 304,722.3 | 100 |
Worldwide Mobile Terminal Sales to end users (in thousands of units; excludes ODM-to-OEM shipments)
| Company | 2Q09 sales | 2Q09 market share | 2Q08 sales | 2Q08 market share |
| Nokia | 18,441.0 | 45.0 | 15,297.9 | 47.4 |
| Research In Motion | 7,678.9 | 18.7 | 5,594.2 | 17.3 |
| Apple | 5,434.7 | 13.3 | 892.5 | 2.8 |
| HTC | 2,471.0 | 6.0 | 1,330.8 | 4.1 |
| Fujitsu | 1,249.0 | 3.0 | 1,071.5 | 3.3 |
| Others | 5,688.2 | 13.9 | 8,085.8 | 25.1 |
| Total | 40,962.8 | 100 | 32,272.7 | 100 |
Worldwide smartphone sales to end users (in thousands of units, with totals rounded; for HTC, numbers include only own-branded devices)
Hi Pradepp,
could u plz tell me the source of this info. Also plz let me know other imp sources from where i can get details about the number of handsets sold in India and market share