1.21 billion mobile phones sold in 2009

According to research firm Gartner, worldwide sales of mobile phones decreased slightly in 2009 to 1.21 billion units. Nokia is still number 1 with 36.4% market share.
Global sales of mobile phones fell by 0.4% (first historical) over the year 2009, despite a very good fourth quarter (+8.3%), according to figures from the Gartner Institute, which expects a recovery above 10% for 2010. The year 2009 has had the launch of smartphones with a growth of 23.8% to 172.4 million units sold. Samsung and LG laugh, Motorola and Sony Ericsson cry If Nokia is still number 1, it sees its market share rise from 38.6% to 36.4% over the year 2009. Samsung rose by 3 points with 19.5% market share (16.3% in 2008), followed by LG at 10.1% (8.4% in 2008). Motorola wins a place despite its fall to 4.8%, and Sony Ericsson suffered the biggest slump of 4.5% (7.6% in 2008). • Nokia: 36.4% (440.9 million units) • Samsung: 19.5% (235.8 million units) • LG: 10.1% (122 million units) • Motorola: 4.8% (58.5 million units) • Sony Ericsson: 4.5% (54.9 million units) The market for smartphones In the market for smartphones, BlackBerry and the iPhone continues to nibble away market share to Nokia's Symbian, and Android should pass before Windows Mobile later this year. • Symbian: 46.9% (80.9 million units) • RIM / Blackberry: 19.9% (34.3 million units) • Apple / iPhone: 14.4% (24.9 million units) • Microsoft / Windows Mobile: 8.7% (15 million units) • Linux: 4.7% (8.1 million units) • Google / Android: 3.9% (6.8 million units) • Palm / WebOS: 0.6% (1.1 million units)
According to Gartner, Apple remains the benchmark of mobile equipment this year, but the end of the year was marked by the increasing burden of Android which is expected to experience strong growth in 2010.