LG gets the bronze

The case of Motorola is a good example that sometimes it's worth thinking about the articles of market analysts, even if it's criticizing. The revived "razor" Motorola, RAZR V3, has been received skeptically by professionals even when it has been announced, everyone has been missing technical innovation and ingenious solutions. The American giant has again received lots of warning that it's no use going against the stream, the market still want cameras with lots of megapixels, 3G support and advanced multimedia capabilities, so a couple of great designs are not enough for long-term success. Motorola, however, has been trying for too long to repackage their aging solutions, the market got bored of this and decline has been inevitable. Just a half a year ago Motorola has been the third manufacturer, but today they can best only Sony Ericsson (who are also having some problems), giving over their rank to LG. In 2008 LG has sold over 100 million handsets, which is just a tiny bit more than the 99.9 million sold by Motorola, or the 96.6 million from Sony Ericsson. The silver medal is at Samsung with sales of 200 million handsets, while the unquestionable leader of the mobile market is Nokia. They have sold 470 million phones, which is almost as much as the other four manufacturers' altogether.