IDC published the Q3 2005 data on worldwide mobile phone shipments. All of the top 5 vendors increased their market share between Q3 2004 and Q3 2005. The “long-tail” mobile phone manufacturers lost 14.7% of the market, according to IDC data.
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Worldwide mobile phone shipments in Q3 2005 |
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| Rank | Vendor | Q3 2005 | Q3 2004 | Growth | ||
| Shipments, mln. | Share | Shipments, mln. | Share | % | ||
| 1 | Nokia | 66.6 | 32.0% | 51.4 | 29.4% | 29.6% |
| 2 | Motorola | 38.7 | 18.6% | 23.3 | 13.3% | 66.1% |
| 3 | Samsung | 26.8 | 12.9% | 22.7 | 13.0% | 18.1% |
| 4 | LG Electronics | 15.5 | 7.4% | 11.8 | 6.7% | 31.4% |
| 5 | Sony Ericsson | 13.8 | 6.6% | 10.7 | 6.1% | 29.0% |
| Others | 46.9 | 22.5% | 55.0 | 31.4% | -14.7% | |
| Total | 208.3 | 100.0% | 174.9 | 100.0% | 19.1% | |
| Source: IDC | ||||||