Worldwide mobile phone market leaders: Nokia, Motorola, Samsung

IDC released preliminary numbers on mobile phone shipments and market shares for 2004. A total of 664.5 mln cell phones was sold in 2004, with Nokia keeping 31.2% market share.

Mobile phone shipments and market shares for 2004
Rank Vendor 2004 Shipments 2004 Market Share
1 Nokia 207,600,000 31.2%
2 Motorola 104,500,000 15.7%
3 Samsung 86,500,000 13.0%
4 Siemens 49,400,000 7.4%
5 LG Electronics 44,400,000 6.7%
  Other 172,000,000 25.9%
  Total 664,500,000 100.0%
Source: IDC