There were 11.1 percent more mobile devices sold in 2011 compared to 2010.

• IDC (February 2012): 1,546 million handsets were sold in 2011, up 11.1 percent compared with 2010.

• Gartner (February 2012): 1,775 million handsets were sold in 2011, up 11.1 percent compared with 2010.

• Gartner (February 2012): predicts mobile device sales will grow by 7 percent in 2012, while smartphone growth is expected to slow to 39 percent.

• Strategy Analytics (February 2012): 1,551.4 million handsets were sold in 2011, up 14 percent compared with 2010.

• These figures include feature phones (68-69 percent of handsets sold in 2011) and smartphones (31-32 percent of handsets sold in 2011). Smartphone sales are broken out below.

Top ten mobile phone manufacturers, by 2011 global sales

according to Gartner Top five mobile phone manufacturers, by 2011 global sales

according to IDC

Vendor Shipments 2011

(millions) Market share 2011 Shipments 2010

(millions) Market share 2010 Vendor Shipments 2011

(millions) Market share 2011 Shipments 2010

(millions) Market share 2010 Annual growth

Nokia 422.4 23.8 461.3 28.9 Nokia 417.1 27.0% 453.0 32.6% -7.9%

Samsung 313.9 17.7% 281.0 17.6% Samsung 329.4 21.3% 280.2 20.1% 17.6%

Apple 89.2 5.0% 46.5 2.9% Apple 93.2 6.0% 47.5 3.4% 96.2%

LG Electronics 86.4 4.9% 114.1 7.1% LG Electronics 88.1 5.7% 116.7 8.4% -24.5%

ZTE 56.9 3.2% 29.6 1.9% ZTE 66.1 4.3% 50.5 3.6% 30.9%

RIM 51.5 2.9% 49.6 3.1% Others 552.1 35.7% 443.6 31.9% 24.5%

HTC 43.2 2.4% 24.6 1.5%

Huawei 40.6 2.3% 23.8 1.5%

Motorola 40.2 2.3% 38.5 2.4%

Sony Ericsson 32.5 1.8% 41.8 2.6%

Others 597.3 33.7% 485.4 30.4%

Total 1,775 100% 1,597 100% Total 1,546 100% 1,391.5 100% 11.1%

Source: Gartner (Feb 2012) Sourc