After an impressive Q1, worldwide mobile phone shipments fell just short of an all-time high in Q2 2006 with volume of 237.8 mln units. The robust quarter was enough to boast a 2.1% increase from Q1 2006, and 22.5% more than Q2 2005. According to IDC, 470.7 mln units have shipped so far in 2006, which suggests that the industry may be close to shipping 1 bln units for the full year.
| Global mobile phone market in Q2 2006 | |||||
| Q2 2006 | Q1 2006 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Shipments, mln. | Share | Shipments, mln. | Share | YTY |
| Nokia | 78.4 | 33.0% | 60.8 | 31.3% | 28.9% |
| Motorola | 51.9 | 21.8% | 33.9 | 17.5% | 53.1% |
| Samsung | 26.3 | 11.1% | 24.3 | 12.5% | 8.2% |
| Sony Ericsson | 15.7 | 6.6% | 11.8 | 6.1% | 33.1% |
| LG Electronics | 15.3 | 6.4% | 12.1 | 6.2% | 26.4% |
| Others | 50.2 | 21.1% | 51.2 | 26.4% | -2.1% |
| Total | 237.8 | 100.0% | 194.1 | 100.0% | 22.5% |
| Source: IDC | |||||