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Worldwide handset sales totaled 286.1 million units in the second quarter of 2009, a 6.1% decrease from the second quarter of 2008, according to Gartner. Smartphone sales surpassed 40 million units, a 27% incre    

Taiwan handset PCB makers expect to see monthly revenues increase in the third quarter with smartphone products making significant contributions, but the growth momentum will only be moderate since overall dema    

The market for mid-tier phones, wedged between low-cost handsets and high-end smartphones, will continue to shrink over the next few years, according to Juniper Research. As low-income people snap up cheaper ph    

Apple continued to command outsize operating profits in the first half of 2009 relative to its place in the overall handset industry, according to research by Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi    

Samsung Electronics posted strong second-quarter results, matching its South Korean competitor LG Electronics with growth in handset sales. The company, which makes a wide range of electronics, said it expects    

LG Electronics appeared to buck the second-quarter doldrums with a record net profit and an increase in mobile phone shipments. The results were much brighter than numbers from Nokia and Sony Ericsson, which ea    

Apple and Research In Motion took in a disproportionate share of the handset industry's operating profits last year relative to their worldwide market share, according to an analysis by Deutsche Bank analy    

Compal Communications shipped 4.7 million handsets in the second quarter of 2009, bringing the total handset shipments for the first half of 2009 to 9.03 million units, according to a Chinese-language Economic    

While PND and in-dash navigation device sales continue to suffer from the economic recession, handset-based turn-by-turn navigation is boosted by the rapidly growing smartphone segment. ABI Research expects the    

Taiwan-based Largan Precision has reported self-estimated consolidated revenues of NT$646.8 million for June, the highest monthly level so far in 2009 mainly due to booming shipments of 3-megapixel lens kits fo