Cellphone sales rose 10% year over year and 11.3% last quarter according to two research firms, Strategy Analytics and IDC. Strategy Analytics said global handset shipments reached 324 million units last quarter, which represented a 10% gain over the same quarter in 2008. Nokia, Samsung, and LG held the top spots in global market share during the quarter, with Samsung moving stealthily up on Nokia’s 39.8% market share. Strategy Analytics found that Samsung shipped 69 million phones globally in Q4, a company record that was up 31% over the year before quarter. Apple shipped 8.7 million iPhones during the fourth quarter and grabbed a 2.7% hold of the global phone market. Motorola holds 3.7% share of the global phone market.
