Overall global handset sales totaled 1.6B units in 2010, an increase of 31.8% from 2009. Smartphone sales were up 72.1% and accounted for 19% of total handset sales.
The leading manufacturers of mobile phones in 2010 were Nokia, Samsung, LG, RIM (Blackberry), and Apple – in that order. For the first time, Apple, which grew handset sales 87.2% from 2009 to 46.6M units, surpassed both Sony-Ericsson and Motorola.
Nokia sold 461M units in 2010 (28.9% share), which was a 7.5% drop in market share from 2009. Samsung took 17.6% of the market (1.9% drop in share), LG had 7.1% of the market (a drop of 12 points of share from 2009). RIM actually increased their shipments by 38.2% in 2010 to 47.5M units, though share of the market increased only from 2.8% to 3.0%. RIM’s strongest growth reportedly came from Southeast Asia and Europe.
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