Thursday, January 27, 2005
Posted by Roberto
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684 MILLION MOBILE PHONES SOLD IN 2004
Global Sales of Mobile Phones
2003 : 517 million
2004 : 684 million
2005 : 735 million Strategy Analytics forecast
According to Strategy Analytics, the main drivers of demand were surging device replacement in developed markets, and strong net subscriber growth in developing regions. Following 684 mln handset units sell-in worldwide during 2004, Strategy Analytics forecast 735 mln unit in 2005. "We expect global growth to slow from 32 pct in 2004 to 8 pct in 2005, as the upgrade cycle begins to peak in mature markets, and net subscriber additions start to slow in developing markets," it said.
Nokia 33.1%
Nokia Corp's market share fell to 33.1 pct in the October-December period from 34.6 pct in the same quarter in 2003.
Motorola 15.9%
Motorola Inc's share rose to 15.9 pct from 14.0 pct in 2003. In the fourth quarter, Motorola grew shipments 42 pct annually and opened up a sizeable gap over Samsung for the first time in almost a year.
Samsung Electronics 10.6%
Samsung Electronics was estimated to have gained a 10.6 pct share in the last quarter against 9.7 pct.
LG Electronics 7%
Strategy Analytics estimated LG Electronics to have increased its fourth quarter market share to 7.0 pct from 5.6 pct.
Sony Ericsson 6.3%
Sony Ericsson at 6.3 pct from 5.0 pct.
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