Market Shares for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Quarter

Since the beginning of Mobile Phones, there has always been a strong competition among the mobile phone manufacturers. On the top spot, we always see the Finnish Company, then the following spots were of no certainty to the other manufacturers. In 2004, we saw the Finnish Company Nokia holding on the top with 34.7% of the global market shares, followed by the American Company Motorola with 16.39%, the South Korean Company Samsung with 10.88%, the South Korean Company LG with 7.16%, then the German Company Siemens and the Swedish-Japanese Company Sony Ericsson with 6.96% and 6.49% respectively, other manufacturers with 18.04%. At present, there has been a big change in the global market shares, though not on the top spot wherein Nokia still reigns. Here is a small summary of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd quarter shares for this year in order from 1st downwards:
(the sequence would be: #of units sold in millions - manufacturer - market share)

1st Quarter:
115.5M - Nokia - 41.1%
46.3M - Samsung - 16.48%
27.4M - Motorola - 9.75%
24.4M - LG - 8.68%
22.3M - Sony Ericsson - 7.94%
45.1M - Others - 16.05%

2nd Quarter:
122M - Nokia - 41.08%
45.7M - Samsung - 15.39%
28.1M - Motorola -9.46%
27.7M - LG -9.33%
24.4M - Sony Ericsson - 8.22%
49.1M - Others - 16.53%

3rd Quarter:
117.8M - Nokia - 39.27%
51.5M - Samsung - 17.27%
25.7M - Sony Ericsson - 8.57%
25.4M - Motorola - 8.47%
23M - LG - 7.67%
6.9M - Apple - 2.3%
6.1M - Blackberry -2.03%
43.3M - Others - 14.4%

As you can see, there has been a slight change in the top 5 from 1st - 3rd quarter this year. Some have fallen, some have risen. With contenders from every company - Nokia(5800 Tube, N96, N85, N78, N79, E71, E66, etc.), Sony Ericsson(C905, Xperia X1, C902, G900, W980, W902, G705, etc.), Samsung(Omnia I900, I8510, F480, M8800 Pixon, G810, D980, U900 Soul, etc.), Motorola(ZN5, A1600, A1800, Rokr E8, Razr2 V8, Razr2 V9, etc.), Apple (Iphone 3G and ummm..Iphone 3G), Blackberry (Bold 9000, Storm 9500, Pearl Flip 8920, Curve 8900, etc.), LG(KC910 Renoir, KF900 Prada, KP500 Cookie, KF600, etc.), and HTC(Touch HD, Touch Pro, Touch Diamond, Touch Cruise, TyTN II, etc.). Who knows what the 4th quarter results may bring upon?LG, Samsung, Blackberry, and HTC have been persistent and have shown that they are a force to be reckoned with. While Motorola is still struggling to get its feet back on the right path. Nokia and Sony Ericsson have done well also and deserve the credit. Good Luck to all the companies, the competition has never been this feisty.