According to IDC, vendors shipped 256.4 mln mobile phones, a YTY increase of 10.0% for Q1 2007. However, the shipments were 13.8% lower than the record shipments in Q4 2006; the decline was expected owing to the seasonality of the market. Q1 2007 marks the first quarter of slower growth in the mobile phone market, a significant change from the growth exhibited each quarter during all of 2006. YTY growth during each of those quarters topped 20%, significantly higher than the 10.0% growth posted at the start of 2007.
| Global mobile phone shipments in Q1 2007 | |||||
| Q1 2007 | Q1 2006 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Shipments | Share | Shipments | Share | YTY |
| Nokia | 91,100,000 | 35.5% | 75,100,000 | 32.2% | 21.3% |
| Motorola | 45,400,000 | 17.7% | 46,100,000 | 19.8% | -1.5% |
| Samsung | 34,800,000 | 13.6% | 29,000,000 | 12.4% | 20.0% |
| Sony Ericsson | 21,800,000 | 8.5% | 13,300,000 | 5.7% | 63.9% |
| LG Electronics | 15,800,000 | 6.2% | 15,600,000 | 6.7% | 1.3% |
| Others | 47,500,000 | 18.5% | 53,900,000 | 23.1% | -11.9% |
| Total | 256,400,000 | 100.0% | 233,000,000 | 100.0% | 10.0% |
| Source: IDC | |||||