Some 3.1 million mobile phones were shipped in Canada in the last quarter of 2008. While shipments grew 3 percent over the previous quarter, they dropped 8.4 percent compared to the same quarter a year ago. Canadian results essentially followed a similar global trend. Canadian demand for smartphones and the iPhone were one of the few bright spots.
IDC Canada also expects that the Canadian mobile phone market will struggle to grow this year (again following a similar global trend) and possibly even next year.
According to IDC Canada’s “Quarterly Mobile Device Tracker” report, Samsung took top spot in market share, shipping 793,500 handsets in the quarter. This marked Samsung’s fourth consecutive quarter at the top.