Phones: Nokia, Samsung make big Q2 share gains; Motorola falls

Nearly two of every five cell phones shipped worldwide this spring were Nokias (NOK), a testimony to the strength of the number-one player. Meanwhile, Motorola (MOT) shipments slipped by nearly a third, and smaller competitors took advantage of its weakness.

In the unit and market share table below, note both the quarterly and annual numbers. Sony Ericsson (SNE) showed particularly impressive annual growth, while South Korean players LG and Samsung showed the strongest quarterly market share growth in mobile phones.


ISuppli Table: Top-5 Mobile-Handset Ranking in the First Quarter of 2007 (Ranking by Unit Shipments in Thousands)
Q1 ’07 Rank	Q2 ’07 Rank	Company	Q1 ’07 Units	Q1 ’07 Market Share	Q2 ’07 Units	Q2 ’07 Market Share	Q-Q Growth	Y-Y Growth
1	1	Nokia	91,100	36.0%	100,800	37.9%	10.6%	28.6%
2	3	Motorola	45,400	17.9%	35,500	13.3%	-21.8%	-31.6%
3	2	Samsung	34,800	13.8%	37,400	14.1%	7.5%	42.2%
4	4	Sony Ericsson	21,800	8.6%	24,900	9.4%	14.2%	58.6%
5	5	LG Electronics	15,800	6.2%	19,100	7.2%	20.9%	24.8%
		Others	44,100	17.4%	48,300	18.2%	9.5%	9.8%
		Total	253,000	100.0%	266,000	100.0%	5.1%	14.9%

Source: iSuppli Corp. August 2007