The worldwide mobile phone market showed continued strength in Q1 2006 with total shipments of 226.7 mln units, representing 26.0% growth over Q1 2005, according to IDC. Although the market experienced a sequential decline of 7.3% when compared to the record Q4 2005, much of this was due to expected seasonality.
| Worldwide mobile phone shipments | |||||
| Q1 2006 | Q1 2005 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Shipments, 000 | Share | Shipments, 000 | Share | YTY |
| Nokia | 75,100 | 33.1% | 53,800 | 29.9% | 39.6% |
| Motorola | 46,100 | 20.3% | 28,700 | 16.0% | 60.6% |
| Samsung | 29,000 | 12.8% | 24,500 | 13.6% | 18.4% |
| LG Electronics | 15,600 | 6.9% | 11,100 | 6.2% | 40.5% |
| Sony Ericsson | 13,300 | 5.9% | 9,400 | 5.2% | 41.5% |
| Others | 47,600 | 21.0% | 52,400 | 29.1% | -9.2% |
| Total | 226,700 | 100.0% | 179,900 | 100.0% | 26.0% |
| Source: IDC | |||||