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QCOM 181.30-0.5%Dec 11 3:59 PM EST

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From: quartersawyer1/23/2009 8:29:52 AM
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Samsung:
"...On the bright side, Samsung said mobile phone sales rose to a record during the quarter despite a 5 percent contraction in the global market for handsets. The company, the world's No. 2 mobile phone manufacturer, sold about 200 million handsets in 2008, an increase of 22 percent from 2007.

google.com

with low '09 handset guidance from their strategic planner

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The following is a summary of fourth-quarter sales in
millions of units, as reported by the world's top five handset
vendors. Motorola will unveil finalised figures on Feb 3.



Q4 2008 Q3 08 Q4 07 %change

yr-on-yr

Nokia (NOK1V.HE) 113.1 117.8 133.5 -15

Samsung Electronics 52.8 51.8 46.3 +14

LG Electronics (066570.KS) 25.7 23 23.7 +8

Sony Ericsson (6758.T) 24.2 25.7 30.8 -21

Motorola (MOT.N) 19 25.4 40.9 -54

Apple (AAPL.O) sold 4.4 million iPhones in the fourth
quarter. [ID:nN21498027]. RIM (RIM.TO) (RIMM.O) sold 6.7 million
Blackberry's during its September-November quarter.



The following are underlying operating profit margins from
the companies' cellphone operations:



Q4 2008 Q3 08 Q4 07

Nokia (NOK.N) 12.1 18.6 22.8

Samsung (005930.KS) 2.0 7.3 11.4

Motorola n/a -27 -8

Sony Ericsson (ERICb.ST) -5 0 13

LG Electronics 5.2 11.5 8.8

uk.reuters.com
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