24 March 2010

Nokia Has Climbed Above Samsung In The UK
Mobile Phone Market Share To Take 1st Place Again

According to figures published by Mobile News (mobilenewscwp.co.uk), has regained its lead in the UK market, and stretched it to around nine percentage points in recent weeks over second-placed Samsung, while other major handset makers Sony Ericsson and BlackBerry succeeded in getting the third and the fourth position respectively. LG has remained broadly steady at its fifth spot.

The global standings differ somewhat from the UK's mobile phone market, where Nokia quite astonishingly dominates with an estimated 38.6% of the share, followed by Samsung with 16.3%, LG n the third spot, Motorola on the forth and then Sony Ericsson on fifth place with 7.6%. In 2008 in the UK, according to estimates made by market researcher GfK, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has jumped more than four points in the first quarter to around 11%, and into fourth place ahead of LG that holds the fifth largest in UK market share terms.

The published figures indicate that has increased its share by around three per cent in the intervening period with the release of the X3 and X6 handsets in the consumer market and the E72 in the business sector. It now stands at a little over 30 per cent.

Sales measures by market researcher GfK show that Sony Ericsson's has seen a decrease in the UK's market share by almost three percentage points over the same period, although it retains third. Its flagship Aino and Satio, after early software troubles, have led its portfolio. Its new Vivaz launched on O2, Vodafone, Orange and T-Mobile last week.