kowenicki said:
sony eric had 8% market share in 2007, presumably it has dropped since then... so pullus your view that they are second is somewhat off... at that time Nokia had 38%, samsung 15% and Motorola 13%
edit
And this is what it was in 2008 and 2009 for mobiles (table 1) and smartphones (table 2)
Table 1 Worldwide Mobile Terminal Sales to End Users in 1Q09 (Thousands of Units)
|
Company
|
1Q09
Sales
|
1Q09 Market
Share (%)
|
1Q08
Sales
|
1Q08 Market
Share (%)
|
|
Nokia
|
97,398.2
|
36.2
|
115,191.8
|
39.1
|
|
Samsung
|
51,385.4
|
19.1
|
42,396.5
|
14.4
|
|
LG
|
26,546.9
|
9.9
|
23,645.8
|
8.0
|
|
Motorola
|
16,587.3
|
6.2
|
29,884.7
|
10.2
|
|
Sony Ericsson
|
14,470.3
|
5.4
|
22,061.0
|
7.5
|
|
Others
|
62,732.0
|
23.4
|
61,103.20
|
20.8
|
|
TOTAL
|
269,120.1
|
100.0
|
294,283.0
|
100.0
|
Table 2 Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users in 1Q09 (Thousands of Units)
|
Company
|
1Q09
Sales
|
1Q09 Market
Share (%)
|
1Q08
Sales
|
1Q08 Market
Share (%)
|
|
Nokia
|
14,991.2
|
41.2
|
14,588.6
|
45.1
|
|
Research In Motion
|
7,233.6
|
19.9
|
4,311.8
|
13.3
|
|
Apple
|
3,938.8
|
10.8
|
1,725.3
|
5.3
|
|
HTC
|
1,957.3
|
5.4
|
1,276.9
|
4.0
|
|
Fujitsu
|
1,387.0
|
3.8
|
1,317.5
|
4.1
|
|
Others
|
6,896.4
|
18.8
|
9,094.8
|
28.1
|
|
TOTAL
|
36,404.4
|
100.0
|
32,314.9
|
100.0
|
|