Samsung Could Overtake Nokia As Phone Leader in Western Europe

Nokia may soon be trumped by Korean maker Samsung according to the latest report from IDC. Nokia, a dominant player in the feature phone and smartphone market worldwide may lose its leadership position in Western Europe this year in 2010 to Samsung. According to the IDC report, Nokia's declining phone shipments coupled with Samsung's increasing market share will help Samsung to beat out Nokia.

Here are some of the numbers that IntoMobile is citing that IDC used that led to the report's theory:

-Nokia’s Q1 2010 total mobile phone shipments fell 9% year on year
-Their total device market share, year on year, went from 39% to 33%
-Nokia’s smartphone market share fell 16% year on year, from 57% to 41%
-Nokia’s traditional feature phone shipments fell year on year by 18%
-Their feature phone market share fell from 35% to 30%
-Samsung now ships 40% of all feature phones in Europe, but their smartphone are not doing so well
-Nokia’s overall Q1 2010 market share is 32.8% versus Samsung’s 29.3%


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