Motorola leaps up mobile phone charts

A REPORT from iSuppli said that Motorola, for years the wallflower at the edge of the dance floor, has had a makeover and looks stunning again.

During the second calendar quarter of this year, Motorola shipments reached 51.9 million units, 12.6 per cent up from Q1.

It's all down to the success of its slim Razr telephone, which Tina Teng, wireless comms analyst at iSuppli, described as "wildly successful".

Market share gains were particularly successful in China, North America and India, she said.

Q2	Q1	Vendor	Q1 Ship	Q1 Share	Q2 Ship	Q2 Share
1	1	Nokia	75,100	34%	78,400	35%
2	2	Motorola	46,100	21%	51,900	23%
3	3	Samsung	29,000	13%	26,300	12%
4	5	Sony E	13,300	6%	15,800	7%
5	4	LG	15,600	7%	15,300	7%
		Others	40,900	19%	37,300	17%
		Total	220,000	100%	225,000	100%

Table courtesy iSuppli. Figures in 000s

As you can see from the table, Nokia still holds the number one spot. µ

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