Gartner Says Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Declined 8.6 Per Cent and Smartphones Grew 12.7 Per Cent in First Quarter of 2009

Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 269.1 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a 8.6 per cent decrease from the first quarter of 2008, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales surpassed 36.4 million units, a 12.7 per cent increase from the same period last year.

Table 1
Worldwide Mobile Terminal Sales to End Users in 1Q09 (Thousands of Units)

Company	1Q09 Sales	1Q09 Market Share (%)	1Q08 Sales	1Q08 Market Share (%)
Nokia	97,398.2	36.2	115,191.8	39.1
Samsung	51,385.4	19.1	42,396.5	14.4
LG	26,546.9	9.9	23,645.8	8.0
Motorola	16,587.3	6.2	29,884.7	10.2
Sony Ericsson	14,470.3	5.4	22,061.0	7.5
Others	62,732.0	23.4	61,103.20	20.8
TOTAL	269,120.1	100.0	294,283.0	100.0

Table 2
Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users in 1Q09 (Thousands of Units)

Company	1Q09 Sales	1Q09 Market Share (%)	1Q08 Sales	1Q08 Market Share (%)
Nokia	14,991.2	41.2	14,588.6	45.1
Research In Motion	7,233.6	19.9	4,311.8	13.3
Apple	3,938.8	10.8	1,725.3	5.3
HTC	1,957.3	5.4	1,276.9	4.0
Fujitsu	1,387.0	3.8	1,317.5	4.1
Others	6,896.4	18.8	9,094.8	28.1
TOTAL	36,404.4	100.0	32,314.9	100.0

Additional information is in the Gartner report “Dataquest Insight: Market Share for Mobile Devices, 1Q09." The report is available on Gartner’s Web site at http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?ref=g_search&id=984612&subref=simplesearch.