However Apple has reported good sales for Iphone this year but mobile sales and shipments are freezing with every coming day which is just one effect of global meltdown of economies. At the end of 3rd quarter nokia which makes one in four cellphones sold world-wide said that it expects to maintain or slightly increase its industry-leading global market share of 38% in the fourth quarter as industrywide sales decline. but now its warned it expects tepid demand during the holiday season and a shrinking global handset market next year as consumers cut spending. Infact every carrier is also complaining the same . Nokia , Qualcomm and Vodafone have all come clean and warned that the outlook looks grim for the remainder of the year and admit there’s little reason to expect anything better in 2009.
Top Five Mobile Phone Vendors, Shipments, and Market Share, Q3 2008 (Units in Millions)
| Vendor | 3Q08 Unit Shipments |
3Q08 Market Share |
3Q07 Unit Shipments |
3Q07 Market Share |
3Q08/3Q07 Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nokia | 117.8 | 39.4% | 111.7 | 38.6% | 5.5% |
| Samsung | 51.8 | 17.3% | 42.6 | 14.7% | 21.6% |
| Sony Ericsson | 25.7 | 8.6% | 25.9 | 8.9% | -0.8% |
| Motorola | 25.4 | 8.5% | 37.2 | 12.8% | -31.7% |
| LG Electronics | 23.0 | 7.7% | 21.9 | 7.6% | 5.0% |
| Others | 55.3 | 18.5% | 50.3 | 17.4% | 9.9% |
| Total | 299.0 | 100.0% | 289.6 | 100.0% | 3.2% |
- Mobile phone manufacturers shipped a total of 299.0 million handsets in 3Q08, up 3.2% from last year.
- Replacement cellphones make up 75% of overall sales.
- After 15% growth in handset sales during the first half, demand is falling off. Shipments are expected to decline 1% next year, according to market-research firm Strategy Analytics.
- Sales in the 2nd half of 2008 are expected to grow at a 9% clip, slowing from 20% in the first half of the year.
- Sales in the Middle East and Africa are still growing around 20%, but have dropped substantially in India and China.
