Samsung passes Motorola, takes number two market share spot

In the wake of a Motorola profit free fall the past few quarters, Samsung has finally managed to nab Moto's spot to take the number two position in global handset market share behind the perennial numero uno, Nokia. Though the victory comes by the slimmest of margins -- 37.4 million handsets shipped in Q2 compared to Moto's estimate of 35 to 36 million -- the two companies are clearly moving in opposite directions right now, with Samsung seeing a 4 percent boost in revenue over the same period last year. Samsung attributes its success to an ever-expanding Ultra Edition line and increased volume in its entry-level lineup, something Motorola has been looking for (but apparently hasn't found) with its innovative MOTOFONE. Find yourself looking over your shoulder, Nokia?

[bondsbw @ Jul 13th 2007 4:50PM]

So, at 37.4 million phones per quarter, that's around 410,000 phones per day.

Impressive.

[Moordryd @ Jul 13th 2007 5:01PM]

Kind of makes sense why that video of that chick "snapping" a Samsung phone in half purportedly originated from Motorola... jealousy, perhaps?

[Top @ Jul 13th 2007 5:26PM]

I think nokia is getting closer to it limits, 36% market share now and it realy could get the magic 40% this year. Those amounts they sell phones are pretty impressive.

[silverblackvoid @ Jul 13th 2007 5:37PM]

but nokia is still the king of the hill. and nobody can take nokia's place.

[tekdroid @ Jul 13th 2007 5:45PM]

sure they may have worked for the market share, but their net income is down year-on-year, according to that article.

Anyone can push for more market share when sacrificing a limb :)

Meanwhile, Sony-Ericsson has 9% but grew its net income (and market share) year-on-year.

[I.M. Yerpappy @ Jul 13th 2007 6:10PM]

Damn, that frickin Motorola sucks. What is it with American companies anyway? Can't they do anything except to suck butt smoke from foreign companies? When is Zander gonna get booted out the door. Unfortunately, he'll take a nice fat part of Motorola with him in the form of cash compensation for helping put the company in the toilet.
More power to ya, Samsung.

[amby @ Jul 13th 2007 7:06PM]

@tektroid, I somehow agree with you, SE has a decent music phone line and good UI. In the long run I would bet SE making the real competition. Samsung is making progress because of their nice Ultra line, but that can be repeated - e.g. Nokia is (finally!) announcing thin phones - and Samsung is really sacrificing a lot for No. 2. position, which might not last longer than some years.

On the other hand, Nokia is making (and selling) 1,000,000+ phones per day. And they are growing (don't know how :-) and making some decent phones again (after some very boring lineup for years ;-).

When is Nokia announcing its numbers?

[Chuckles McGee @ Jul 13th 2007 7:22PM]

No surprise here. The Razr's awesome-factor died off long ago. If you can't keep innovating, you won't stay number one for long.

[BobTurbo @ Jul 14th 2007 1:46AM]

I think the marketing-induced RDF just wore off. Don't worry, they will come up with a new marketing campaign with upside down phones or something and you will all buy that until you realise it sucks a few months later too.

[syncavocado @ Jul 14th 2007 2:39AM]

Yup, only the design rocked- the features and the gui were all crap

[sdf632 @ Jul 14th 2007 9:00AM]

@tekdroid

actually, the article said that SE also experienced a similar drop in ASP due to the push for market share.

[Jah @ Jul 14th 2007 4:11AM]

As others have said, Moto's loss is not Samsung's gain but also a gain for Nokia. Also we should see Nokia's average selling price will also increase for Q2.

[Ihar `Philips` Filipau @ Jul 14th 2007 10:18AM]

SE right now is good. If only they hadn't started screwing with button. (And finally started supporting SD cards.)

But I write just to confirm that I also got myself recently Samsung. Of all choices Samsung SGH-Z150 looked like only simple - not feature ridden - phone with big good buttons, large fonts and convenient organizer.

Samsung hardly has anything to fend off SE's 880. But otherwise Samsungs line-up is very very impressing. There is phone for anybody. And the phones really look and work like modern phones - not like Nokia's decade old stuff. Nokia is cheap and very reliable - that's why it would always sell huge amounts. So I think that second place for Samsung is good enough. And of course they have all what it take to take on Nokia's share.

[rw @ Jul 17th 2007 12:38AM]

I know SE caught up with Samsung in sales and the average price.

[NineT9 @ Jul 18th 2007 3:38AM]

Luckely thanks to a family member, I have been able to test 'just about' every T-Mobile phone theyve ever had since they were Voicestream (Except for Sidekick, to this day never have tried it)

Motorola: They have beautifully designed phones, but thats where it stops. Everything else about their phones are crap. Menu's are ugly, features suck, etc

Nokia: Great all around phones, designs are alright, menus are good, prices are pretty good as well

Samsung: By far the best...Samsung has never disapointed me with their phones, I've loved every single one, especially the D-415 :)

Sony Ericcson: I have always hated Sony Ericcson with a passion (Although I absolutly love Sony products)... until just recently, I have begun to really really enjoy Sony Ericsson phones, they have some real nice ones coming out soon

So in the end, I personally like Samsung & Sony Ericcson :)