According to a recent report, it is seen that 65% of the total mobile phones in the Q2′08 were music enabled. On the other hand, wholly, the mobile phone sales declined in the second quarter, totaling 28 million units, off 13 percent year-over-year.

The report has estimated that the total Q2 sales approached $2.4 billion, down 2 percent since Q2 last year.
Motorola’s unit-sales share fell from 27 percent in Q1 to 21 percent, both LG and Samsung are closing in, with 20 percent unit-sales shares each.
Additionally the phones sold in Q2 were more feature rich in comparison to the one’s sold in the year prior. QWERTY keyboard handsets are experiencing an impressive year-over-year rise, accounting for 28 percent of handsets sold in Q2 2008, compared to just 12 percent a year earlier.
19% of the market share was held by the smartphones, up 9 percentage points over a year ago. Bluetooth enabled phones, 81 percent up from 69 percent last year.

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