It's 11 per cent down year-over-year, but beats forecasts.
ABI Research says the result significantly exceeded the previous forecast of 253.5 million and declared “green shoots are sprouting”. As a result it revised its forecasts for 2009 from minus 8.4 per cent to minus 8 per cent.
Vendor market shares were as follows:
Nokia 36.2%
Samsung 17.8%
LG 8.8%
SonyEricsson 5.6%
RIM 3.0%
Apple 1.5%
Sony Ericsson posted the biggest fall, thanks to its over-exposure to the stricken feature phone segment and lack of activity in smartphones. Nokia also suffered.
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