Phone Arena's Top 10 smartphone makers.

[Winterfang]

Top 10 smartphone makers: Nokia last, Motorola out as Chinese companies take over

Rank (previous) . . Manufacturer . . . Sales in Q3
1 (1) . . . . . . . . . . Samsung . . . . . 56.2 Million
2 (2) . . . . . . . . . . Apple . . . . . . . . 26.9 Million
3 (8) . . . . . . . . . . Huawei . . . . . . . 16.0 Million
4 (7) . . . . . . . . . . Sony . . . . . . . . . 8.8 Million
5 (5) . . . . . . . . . . ZTE . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 Million
6 (4) . . . . . . . . . . HTC . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 Million
7 (6) . . . . . . . . . . RIM . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 Million
8 (9) . . . . . . . . . . LG . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 Million
9 (11) . . . . . . . . . Lenovo . . . . . . . . 7.0 Milllion
10 (3) . . . . . . . . . Nokia . . . . . . . . . 6.3 Million

Very surprising, Nokia took a massive dip from 3 to 10.
Huawei taking Nokia's place at 3rd thanks to affordable Android phones.
Sony also rising to the occasion.
HTC losing more and more sales while RIM is holding up surprisingly.
Motorola is completely out of the top 10.

 

[AngryNil]

Ah, the sweet smell of freedom from Samsung propaganda!

 

[brmiller1976]

Notice how quickly the Chinese are in ascendancy. That means cheaper Windows Phones (and cheaper smartphones in general) are coming soon!