iPhones & BlackBerry triggers Q4 handset sales

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: According to a research, the global handset sales have been increased by 8.3% in the fourth quarter of 2009 triggered by the growing popularity of iPhones and BlackBerry devices.

The sales reached 53.8 million units in Q4, up 41.1% from the same period in 2008 while the total handset sales for the quarter passed 340 million units.

With 23.8% increase from 2008, full-year smartphone sales totaled 172.4 million units. The result came despite a 0.9% fall in total phone shipments to 1.21 billion. The handset segment last year was dogged by intense price competition” that pressured Average Selling Prices (ASPs).

The market was successfully captured by Apple and Research In Motion (RIM) thus controlling 14.4% and 19.9% of the worldwide smartphone market, respectively.