Sony Ericsson reclaims No. 4 handset spot

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Sony Ericsson reclaims No. 4 handset spot

signatory

Joined: Oct 21, 2003
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Posted: 2005-11-22 10:03

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Sony Ericsson reclaimed the No. 4 position in the global handset market, pipping LG Electronics, on strong demand for its Walkman and camera phones, a survey found on Tuesday.

The Japanese Swedish handset venture grabbed a 6.7 percent market share in the third quarter, up from 6.2 percent in the second quarter of 2005, while LG was stagnant at 6.5 percent, market research group Gartner said.

The switch is remarkable, because LG Electronics from South Korea had reported stronger unit sales than Sony Ericsson in the third quarter, measured in shipments to distributors.

more: http://today.reuters.co.uk/ne[....]0_OUKIN-UK-HANDSETS-SURVEY.XML

Q3 2005
Nokia 32.6% 31.9 31.0
Motorola 18.7%
Samsung 12.5%
Sony Ericsson 6.7%
LG 6.5%
Others 23.0%

Krubach

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Posted: 2005-11-22 10:49

Thumbs Up SE!!!
This is a reward for your good job!!! [addsig]

sapibobo

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Posted: 2005-11-22 12:18

Still no one can beats Nokia

goldenface

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Posted: 2005-11-22 13:48

Good performance from the latest releases. Although, size isn't everything

Well done anyway, it always irked me that LG sold more than

BTW, whatever happens to Siemens? They seemed to have dropped off the scale

Krubach

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Posted: 2005-11-22 13:58

Siemens Cellphone department was bought by a Chinese company.
Siemens has gone down ever since... [addsig]

jcwhite_uk

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Posted: 2005-11-22 14:14

Anyone got figures for the UK market? I am sure that SE share is bigger in the UK as most of the handsets that i see here are Nokia's (no surprise there) and SE with a few Motorola's. Everyone I know either has a Nokia or an SE phone.

signatory

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Posted: 2005-11-22 16:11

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On 2005-11-22 14:14:08, jcwhite_uk wrote:
Anyone got figures for the UK market? I am sure that SE share is bigger in the UK as most of the handsets that i see here are Nokia's (no surprise there) and SE with a few Motorola's. Everyone I know either has a Nokia or an SE phone.

This is a few piecharts from N24 online economy-news-website from last week. It doesnt give any details on where and when they got this info. but should give a rough idea.

SWEDEN (surprise surprise)

FRANCE (I suppose Sagem is big there)

ITALY (oh dear.)

SPAIN

UNITED KINGDOM

note: Sony Ericsson have a much higher userbase in the mid and high-price segmets. So naturally if you're in a London business district you would likely see more Sony Ericssons than if you're in a French suburb... SE just announced a new line of low-price phone though.

bart

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Posted: 2005-11-22 16:46

any stats for other markets? maby belgium and finland?

With Ericsson and Nokia gone: we must keep their spirits alive and buy JOLLA or YOTA

Tervel

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Posted: 2005-11-22 19:52

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On 2005-11-22 12:18:00, sapibobo wrote:
Still no one can beats Nokia

I'd rather have a phone that has a smaller market share but is altogether better built and more feature rich than have the same phone as everybody around me... Kinda like driving a car. If BMW had the market penetration that GM has not everbody would want one (just a hypothetical example - I know not everybody wants a BMW, I for one prefer Audi).

jmcomms