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Mobile phone market shrinks as buyers hold out for the iPhone 5

The worldwide mobile phone market shrank in the second quarter of this year, with sales falling by 2.3 percent compared to the same quarter a year ago, according to research company Gartner.

Gartner warned that Apple's third quarter may be "another weaker than usual" quarter for the company depending on when exactly the iPhone 5 is released. The device is expected to be announced in September and launched a month or two later.

Nokia saw its market share 3 percent drop year-on-year for the second quarter, Gartner added, while sales fell by 14.8 percent. Motorola, LG, HTC, and BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion all also saw losses in market share, while Apple and Samsung's rose by 2.3 percent and 5.3 percent respectively.

Worldwide mobile device sales to end users by vendor in Q2 2012 (thousands of units)

(Credit: Gartner)

Samsung's growth was aided by strong Galaxy sales -- particularly of its flagship Galaxy S III device, which reached 10 million in the first two months after its release.

Overall global sales of mobile devices reached 419 million units in the quarter, with smartphone sales up by more than 42 percent year-on-year.

Emerging markets such as China and phone makers pushing 3G will "drive the smartphone market upward," Gartner said, while feature phones sales will remain under pressure. Smartphones accounted for around 37 percent of all mobile devices sold in the second quarter of this year.

The research firm has previously said it expects to see 1.9 billion mobile phones sold in the course of 2012.

Источник: CNet

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