1.125 Billion Mobile Phones in 2007
Wow that's a lot of mobile phones. According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global mobile phone shipments grew 12 percent year-over-year, to reach 1.12 billion units in 2007. Who's got the biggest share?
Nokia, Samsung, and Motorola.
- Motorola registered 12.3% global share in Q4 2007, down sharply from 22.4% in Q4 2006. A failure to replace the popular Razr model has been the main cause of decline.
- Samsung went from 11% of the market to 14% of the market year to year.
- Sony Ericsson continued to slow down. Its annual growth rate has plunged in recent quarters. Improved handset portfolios from Samsung, LG and Nokia are starting to have a competitive impact on Sony Ericsson.
- Apple shipped 2.3 million iPhone units worldwide (they say in the 4th quarter). Let's see. I believe that calculates to .006 of the total mobile phones shipped. Yep, .006 of the total. Only roughly 21 million more phones to sell to break the top five.