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International Data
Corporation (IDC), a market research organisation, in information
technology and worldwide phone tracking has announced the top five
selling mobile phones in the first quarter of year.

The phones are,
Nokia, Samsung, LG, occupying the top three positions, while RIM
(Research in Motion) makers of Blackberry replaced Motorola to tie with
Sony Ericsson in the fourth position. Motorola and the Apple iphone did
not make the list.

Motorola formerly
held the number two spot and finished fifth last year, but is now out
of the list. The surprise breakthrough by RIM was considered as a
result of growing demand for Smartphone’s in the global market. The
Blackberry features as a high-end Smartphone device and RIM shipped
10.6 million units of mobile phones in the first quarter of the year.

“The entrance of
RIM into the top five underscores the sustained Smartphone growth trend
that is driving the global mobile phone market recovery. This is also
the first time a vendor has dropped out of the top 5 since the second
quarter of 2005, when Sony Ericsson grabbed the number 5 spot from BenQ
Siemens,” said Kevin Restivo, a senior research analyst with IDC’s
Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker.

Interestingly the
much hyped iPhone from Apple Inc didn’t make the list, even though it
officially stands as the highest selling phone in the U.S with 8.8
million units sold in first quarter of 2010 as opposed to Motorola
which sold 8.5 million units (According to Forbes).

According to IDC
the overall global phone market grew 21.7 per cent in first quarter of
2010, thus showing positive signs in phone market for the rest of the
year in contrast to the market reduction in first quarter of 2009.
Demand for Smartphone’s served as catalyst to the market growth.

Their reports said a total of 294.9 million units of mobile phones
were shipped in first quarter of 2010 compared to 242.4 million units
in first quarter of 2009.