Nokia Continues to Dominate Global Cellphone Market

The latest data arrived from iSuppli looking at the worldwide cellphone market. Nokia is nearing 40 percent market share, more than the next three rivals combined. Nokia alone sold more than 111 million phones in the third quarter.

For what its worth, that is 100 times more phones than Apple sold iPhones in the same period.

Nokia was particularly successful with what it terms “convergence” phones which combine smart phones and media-playing features. Its sales in this category grew by 54 percent.

Motorola meanwhile fell out of its long-standing No.2 rank, as Samsung surged ahead with a 13.9 percent sales gain. LG Electronics, the other large Korean handset maker, grew at an even faster rate of 14.7 percent. Unlike Samsung, which concentrates on more expensive handsets, LG largely sells lower-priced phones in emerging markets.

The full chart runs after the jump.

	Third Quarter Sales (Thousands)	Market Share	Growth from Second Quarter
Nokia	111,700	39.5%	10.8%
Samsung	42,600	15.1%	13.9%
Motorola*	36,500	12.9%	2.8%
Sony Ericsson	25,900	9.2%	4.0%
LG Electronics	21,900	7.7%	14.7%
Others	44,400	15.7%	-8.1%
Total	283,000	100.0%	6.4%

Source: iSuppli Corp. October 2007

*Motorola’s shipments are preliminary until the company announces its results.

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