Monday 8 September 2008

Smartphone sales up 15.7%

Researchers at Gartner say worldwide sales of smartphones in the second quarter of 2008 reached 32.2 million units, which is an increase of 15.7% on the same quarter last year, although year-on-year growth rates are slowing down. Western Europe saw a 29.3% quarterly increase, while Nokia maintained its sector leadership with a 47.5% market share. [Report; press release]

1 comment:

Mark @ The Fonecast said...

Meanwhile, IDC says 50% of smartphones in the USA are BlackBerry devices. [Yahoo! news]