Smartphones Grew 27 Per Cent in Second Quarter of 2009
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.
