CELL PHONE SHIPMENTS
Quarterly worldwide market share data (units)
Vendor Units shipped
(millions)
4Q '05		 Market Share Units shipped
(millions)
4Q '04		 Market Share
Nokia 83.7 34.1% 66.1 32.2%
Motorola 44.7 18.2% 31.8 15.5%
Samsung 27.2 11.1% 21.1 10.3%
LG Electronics 16.2 6.6% 13.9 6.8%
Sony Ericsson 16.1 6.6% 12.6 6.1%
Other 57.3 23.4% 60.2 29.2%
Total 245.2 100% 205.7 100%

Source: IDC, January 2006

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Mobile-phone makers shipped a record 245.2 million units in the fourth quarter of last year -- a 19.3% increase from a year earlier, according to researcher IDC. And no company benefited from the bonanza more than Nokia and Motorola, the two largest wireless handset manufacturers. Both managed to gain substantial market share from smaller rivals like LG.

What gives? Nokia's S50 platform continued to gain traction and Motorola had strong sales of its ultra-slim RAZR phones, particularly a pink model that was popular during the holidays.


Also see:

Mobile Phones: The Next Generation


Nokia Realigns for the Future


Nokia: Dialing North America


Posted: 2/23/06