In Q4 2006 mobile phone vendors shipped a total of 294.9 mln units, or 19.7% more than the 246.4 mln units they shipped in Q4 2005. This also marked a record shipment volume for a single quarter.
| Top mobile phone vendors in Q4 2006 | |||||
| Q4 2006 | Q4 2005 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Shipments | Share | Shipments | Share | YTY |
| Nokia | 105,500,000 | 35.8% | 83,700,000 | 34.0% | 26.0% |
| Motorola | 65,700,000 | 22.3% | 44,700,000 | 18.1% | 47.0% |
| Samsung | 32,000,000 | 10.9% | 27,200,000 | 11.0% | 17.6% |
| Sony Ericsson | 26,000,000 | 8.8% | 16,100,000 | 6.5% | 61.5% |
| LG Electronics | 17,000,000 | 5.8% | 16,200,000 | 6.6% | 4.9% |
| Others | 48,700,000 | 16.5% | 58,500,000 | 23.7% | -16.8% |
| Total | 294,900,000 | 100.0% | 246,400,000 | 100.0% | 19.7% |
| Source: IDC | |||||