In the first half were sold as 620 million mobile phones, with 18.5 percent more than in the first half of 2009.
Despite declining financial results announced in the first half, the Nokia has maintained its leading position with 111 million mobile phones sold and a market share of 36% rise by almost 8 percent compared with same period last year according to Strategy Analytics. Samsung came in second place, according to the same sources, with 63.8 million units sold, followed by LG with 30.6 million devices sold and a market share of 10%. Top five is closed by Research In Motion (RIM), manufacturer of BlackBerry phones, which sold 11.2 million mobile phones and Sony Ericsson, with 11 million units sold, down 20% compared to same period of 2009. The best selling models of Sony Ericsson have launched new models this year, running on the Android platform.
"Companies that are focused exclusively on the segment of smartphones such as RIM, Apple and HTC have benefited from increasing interest for such phones, believes Ramon Llamas, an analyst at IDC.
In Romania are sold annually between şi4 3.5, 5 million phones, according to estimates from the market.
One reason for the increase in sales of mobile phones is their low price, says the IDC report, which estimates that more phones will be sold especially in Latin America and Asia (excluding Japan). "The low price of smart phones increased consumer interest, according to IDC.
Asia-Pacific, except Japan, which was the highest increase in sales of mobile phones in the second quarter. According to IDC, the phones were produced in China, but had local brand, and this has helped increase the impact of emerging markets like India, Indonesia or Vietnam. Market in Western Europe sales rose largely due to lower prices and new models of smartphones. Most phones sold were operating on the Android platform developed by Google, which owns the most popular search engine in the world.
The situation was similar in the U.S. market, where smartphones were the most popular. Most phones sold in the U.S. market was Apple's iPhone, HTC and HTC Droid Evo 4G. In Canada, most smartphones have been sold, especially the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 and quench from Motorola.