Smartphones Grew 27 Per Cent in Second Quarter of 2009


Gartner reports:

Gartner Says Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Declined 6 Per Cent and Smartphones Grew 27 Per Cent in Second Quarter of 2009

Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 286.1 million units in the second quarter of 2009, a 6.1 per cent decrease from the second quarter of 2008, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales surpassed 40 million units, a 27 per cent increase from the same period last year, representing the fastest-growing segment of the mobile-devices market [...]

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

100.0

32,272.7

100.0

That’s well on target to exceed 25 million BlackBerrys and iPhones to be sold in 2009.