Taiwan market: Handset sales drop in April

Sales of handsets in the Taiwan market dropped 4.4% sequentially to 519,000 units in April, the lowest level since 2007, according to data compiled by local retail channels.

Nokia remained the top vendor in the local market with a 29.7% share in terms of unit sales, followed by Sony Ericsson with 19.2% and Samsung Electronics with 18.7%, the data showed.

Top-5 handset vendors in Taiwan, April 2009

Ranking
Vendor


Market share

(in terms of unit sales)
Vendor
Market share (in terms of sales value)

1
Nokia
29.7%
Nokia
27.8%

2
Sony Ericsson
19.2%
Sony Ericsson
27.1%

3
Samsung
18.7%
Samsung
10.5%

4
LGE
11.9%
LGE
8.6%

5
Motorola
4.2%
Apple
6.7%