October 28, 2005 5:41 PM PDT
The Razr is number one
Razr haters, eat your heart out. According to the research firm NPD Group, the Motorola Razr V3 was the top-selling cell phone of the last quarter (July to September) in the United States. Moto also claimed the third and second most-popular mobiles of the period with the Motorola V551 and V180, respectively. In all, Motorola sold 9.5 million units, which gave it a staggering 30 percent market share. Following far behind were LG, Nokia, and Samsung. The companies tied with a market share of 16 percent. Nokia produced the fourth top-selling handsets with the Nokia 6010, and LG put out the last of the top five, the LG VX6100. Sanyo had a market of 5 percent, Kyocera and Sony Ericsson racked up a 4 percent share each, UTStarcom/Audiovox made 3 percent of the cell phones sold, and Siemens/BenQ took a tiny 2 percent. Overall, 31.6 million cell phones were sold in the United States in the third quarter, up 30 percent from the same period last year.
Originally posted at ComingSoon
Kent German is a senior editor for cell phone reviews at CNET. When he's not testing the newest handsets on the market, he's blogging about cell phone news for Crave. In his On Call column, he answers reader questions and gives his take on the rapidly changing mobile industry. E-mail Kent.
