Samsung and LG Global Mobile Sales

Korean global mobile phone shipments are hitting a record high in the third quarter.

Korea's top two mobile phone makers maintained their third and fourth places in terms of worldwide shipments, according to tallies released Friday by IDC.

Samsung Electronics’ handset shipments rose 18.1 percent on-year to 26.8 million units in the third quarter, capturing 12.9 percent of the global market share. However, Samsung Electronics’ gap with world’s second-largest manufacturer Motorola widened by another 11.9 million units in the three months. Motorola saw shipments jump a whopping 66 percent in the period.

LG Electronics came in fourth, capturing a global market share of 5.7 percent by shipping 15.5 million units, outdoing Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, a joint venture between Sony of Japan and Ericsson of Sweden which provided 13.8 million units.

The world’s largest mobile phone maker Nokia consolidated its lead by shipping 66.6 million units and capturing 32 percent of the global market.