Mobile handset sales on the slide in Q1 2009
Only Apple and RIM are bucking the trend
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The latest round of quarterly financial results from handset manufacturers is nearly done, with only Motorola left to announce its Q1 figures later this month.
Already, though, we're getting a sense of the impact that the economic downturn is having on handset shipments, with only Apple and RIM recording a rise in unit sales compared to Q1 2008.
Aggregating the Q1 2009 handset shipments of Nokia, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson, Apple and Research In Motion, and comparing them to Q1 2008, reveals a 12.5 per cent drop in unit sales:
| Company | 1Q09 Shipments | 1Q08 Shipments | YoY Change |
| Nokia | 93.2m | 115.5m | - 19% |
| Samsung | 45.8m | 46.3m | - 1% |
| LG | 22.6m | 24.4m | - 7% |
| Sony Ericsson | 14.5m | 22.3m | - 35% |
| Motorola | tbc | tbc | tbc |
| Research In Motion* | 7.8m | 4.4m | + 77% |
| Apple | 3.8m | 1.7m | + 123% |
| TOTAL | 187.7m | 214.6m | - 12.5% |
*RIM figures based on its financial Q4, which runs from December to February
We will update this story when Motorola announces its latest financials on 30th April.