A report from research group Gartner shows global handset sales up 26% for Q3 2004. Total sales reached 167 million mobile phones. However, the big news is a change in market share: Samsung edged out Motorola. Despite hot phones like the RAZR V3, Motorola was edged out by Samsung with just .4% difference between the two companies. Sony Ericsson and LG are also very close. Here are the latest rankings:
| Company | Sales (in thousands) |
Market share | Difference Q3 2003 |
| Nokia | 51,694.9 |
30.9% |
-3.3% |
| Samsung | 22,981.2 |
13.8% |
2.6% |
| Motorola | 22,393.0 |
13.4% |
-1.3% |
| Siemens | 12,758.2 |
7.6% |
-1.5% |
| LG | 11,141.8 |
6.7% |
1.4% |
| Sony Ericsson | 10,683.2 |
6.4% |
1.1% |
| Others | 35,417.4 |
21.2% |
1.0% |