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Votes breakdown by country Votes Breakdown by Brand

Total votes so far 836

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	253	30 %
Motorola	161	19 %
Sony Ericsson	139	17 %
Samsung	109	13 %
Other	45	5 %
LG	41	5 %
No Favorite Brand	39	5 %
Siemens	33	4 %
Sanyo	8	1 %
Alcatel	8	1 %
Total	836	100 %

Votes breakdown by country

Afghanistan Algeria Algerie Argentina Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Bosnia Herzegovina Brasil Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Egypt Estonia Finland France Georgia Ghana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Macedonia(FYROM) Malaysia Maroc Mexico Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Thailand Turkey UAE Uganda UK Ukraine United Kingdom(UK) United States(USA) USA Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Yugoslavia Zimbabwe

Votes breakdown for Afghanistan

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Alcatel	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Algeria

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Algerie

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Argentina

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Australia

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Motorola	5	38 %
Nokia	5	38 %
Sony Ericsson	3	23 %
Total	13	100 %

Votes breakdown for Bahrain

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
LG	1	50 %
Nokia	1	50 %
Total	2	100 %

Votes breakdown for Bangladesh

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	6	35 %
Samsung	6	35 %
Siemens	3	18 %
Sony Ericsson	1	6 %
LG	1	6 %
Total	17	100 %

Votes breakdown for Belgium

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Sony Ericsson	1	33 %
Motorola	1	33 %
Nokia	1	33 %
Total	3	100 %

Votes breakdown for Bosnia Herzegovina

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Sony Ericsson	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Brasil

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Other	2	67 %
Sony Ericsson	1	33 %
Total	3	100 %

Votes breakdown for Brazil

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Sony Ericsson	2	100 %
Total	2	100 %

Votes breakdown for Brunei Darussalam

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Motorola	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Bulgaria

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	4	67 %
Samsung	1	17 %
Sony Ericsson	1	17 %
Total	6	100 %

Votes breakdown for Burkina Faso

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Motorola	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Canada

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	11	42 %
Motorola	4	15 %
Samsung	4	15 %
Sony Ericsson	3	12 %
Other	2	8 %
No Favorite Brand	1	4 %
LG	1	4 %
Total	26	100 %

Votes breakdown for Chile

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Sony Ericsson	2	67 %
Nokia	1	33 %
Total	3	100 %

Votes breakdown for China

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Sony Ericsson	3	30 %
Nokia	3	30 %
Other	1	10 %
Motorola	1	10 %
No Favorite Brand	1	10 %
Samsung	1	10 %
Total	10	100 %

Votes breakdown for Colombia

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Motorola	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Croatia

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Siemens	2	67 %
Nokia	1	33 %
Total	3	100 %

Votes breakdown for Cyprus

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
No Favorite Brand	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Czech Republic

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Sony Ericsson	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Denmark

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	2	40 %
Siemens	1	20 %
Samsung	1	20 %
Sony Ericsson	1	20 %
Total	5	100 %

Votes breakdown for Egypt

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Samsung	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Estonia

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	1	50 %
Other	1	50 %
Total	2	100 %

Votes breakdown for Finland

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	6	75 %
Motorola	1	13 %
Sony Ericsson	1	13 %
Total	8	100 %

Votes breakdown for France

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Sony Ericsson	2	100 %
Total	2	100 %

Votes breakdown for Georgia

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Motorola	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Ghana

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	2	50 %
No Favorite Brand	1	25 %
Motorola	1	25 %
Total	4	100 %

Votes breakdown for Haiti

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Motorola	1	50 %
Samsung	1	50 %
Total	2	100 %

Votes breakdown for Honduras

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
LG	3	50 %
Samsung	2	33 %
No Favorite Brand	1	17 %
Total	6	100 %

Votes breakdown for Hong Kong

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	7	64 %
Sony Ericsson	1	9 %
Motorola	1	9 %
No Favorite Brand	1	9 %
Samsung	1	9 %
Total	11	100 %

Votes breakdown for Hungary

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Iceland

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Samsung	1	50 %
Motorola	1	50 %
Total	2	100 %

Votes breakdown for India

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	34	33 %
Motorola	23	22 %
Sony Ericsson	15	15 %
Other	10	10 %
Samsung	9	9 %
No Favorite Brand	5	5 %
LG	4	4 %
Siemens	3	3 %
Total	103	100 %

Votes breakdown for Indonesia

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	2	25 %
Motorola	2	25 %
Samsung	1	13 %
Siemens	1	13 %
Alcatel	1	13 %
No Favorite Brand	1	13 %
Total	8	100 %

Votes breakdown for Iran

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	3	50 %
Sony Ericsson	2	33 %
LG	1	17 %
Total	6	100 %

Votes breakdown for Iraq

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Other	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Ireland

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	1	50 %
No Favorite Brand	1	50 %
Total	2	100 %

Votes breakdown for Israel

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Sony Ericsson	1	50 %
Alcatel	1	50 %
Total	2	100 %

Votes breakdown for Italy

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Sony Ericsson	1	50 %
Other	1	50 %
Total	2	100 %

Votes breakdown for Jamaica

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Sony Ericsson	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Japan

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Sony Ericsson	1	50 %
Samsung	1	50 %
Total	2	100 %

Votes breakdown for Kazakhstan

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
No Favorite Brand	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Kenya

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	1	50 %
LG	1	50 %
Total	2	100 %

Votes breakdown for Kuwait

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	2	100 %
Total	2	100 %

Votes breakdown for Lithuania

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Motorola	1	33 %
Nokia	1	33 %
No Favorite Brand	1	33 %
Total	3	100 %

Votes breakdown for Luxembourg

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Macedonia

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Sony Ericsson	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Macedonia(FYROM)

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Alcatel	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Malaysia

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	16	57 %
Sony Ericsson	6	21 %
Motorola	3	11 %
Alcatel	1	4 %
No Favorite Brand	1	4 %
Samsung	1	4 %
Total	28	100 %

Votes breakdown for Maroc

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Mexico

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	4	50 %
Other	1	13 %
Motorola	1	13 %
Sony Ericsson	1	13 %
Sanyo	1	13 %
Total	8	100 %

Votes breakdown for Namibia

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Nepal

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Other	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Netherlands

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Samsung	1	33 %
Sony Ericsson	1	33 %
Alcatel	1	33 %
Total	3	100 %

Votes breakdown for New Zealand

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	4	50 %
Sony Ericsson	2	25 %
Motorola	1	13 %
Samsung	1	13 %
Total	8	100 %

Votes breakdown for Nigeria

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Other	3	50 %
LG	2	33 %
Nokia	1	17 %
Total	6	100 %

Votes breakdown for Norway

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	1	50 %
No Favorite Brand	1	50 %
Total	2	100 %

Votes breakdown for Oman

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Pakistan

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	18	46 %
Sony Ericsson	6	15 %
Motorola	5	13 %
Siemens	5	13 %
Samsung	4	10 %
Other	1	3 %
Total	39	100 %

Votes breakdown for Panama

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
No Favorite Brand	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Peru

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
No Favorite Brand	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Philippines

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	10	48 %
Sony Ericsson	8	38 %
Alcatel	1	5 %
LG	1	5 %
No Favorite Brand	1	5 %
Total	21	100 %

Votes breakdown for Poland

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
LG	2	29 %
Samsung	2	29 %
Siemens	2	29 %
Nokia	1	14 %
Total	7	100 %

Votes breakdown for Portugal

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Samsung	1	20 %
Nokia	1	20 %
Motorola	1	20 %
Sony Ericsson	1	20 %
No Favorite Brand	1	20 %
Total	5	100 %

Votes breakdown for Romania

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	5	45 %
Sony Ericsson	5	45 %
Siemens	1	9 %
Total	11	100 %

Votes breakdown for Russia

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Sony Ericsson	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Saudi Arabia

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Samsung	2	50 %
Nokia	1	25 %
Motorola	1	25 %
Total	4	100 %

Votes breakdown for Serbia

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Motorola	1	50 %
Nokia	1	50 %
Total	2	100 %

Votes breakdown for Singapore

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Sony Ericsson	4	31 %
Nokia	4	31 %
Samsung	3	23 %
Motorola	1	8 %
Siemens	1	8 %
Total	13	100 %

Votes breakdown for Slovenia

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for South Africa

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Sony Ericsson	2	50 %
Motorola	1	25 %
LG	1	25 %
Total	4	100 %

Votes breakdown for South Korea

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Samsung	4	67 %
LG	2	33 %
Total	6	100 %

Votes breakdown for Spain

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Sony Ericsson	2	100 %
Total	2	100 %

Votes breakdown for Sri Lanka

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Motorola	2	50 %
Samsung	1	25 %
Sony Ericsson	1	25 %
Total	4	100 %

Votes breakdown for Suriname

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Samsung	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Sweden

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Sony Ericsson	3	60 %
Nokia	1	20 %
Siemens	1	20 %
Total	5	100 %

Votes breakdown for Switzerland

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
No Favorite Brand	2	50 %
Samsung	1	25 %
Sony Ericsson	1	25 %
Total	4	100 %

Votes breakdown for Syria

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
No Favorite Brand	2	100 %
Total	2	100 %

Votes breakdown for Taiwan

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Samsung	1	33 %
Sony Ericsson	1	33 %
Nokia	1	33 %
Total	3	100 %

Votes breakdown for Thailand

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Samsung	1	25 %
Nokia	1	25 %
No Favorite Brand	1	25 %
Other	1	25 %
Total	4	100 %

Votes breakdown for Turkey

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	1	50 %
Motorola	1	50 %
Total	2	100 %

Votes breakdown for UAE

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	5	36 %
Samsung	5	36 %
Sony Ericsson	3	21 %
LG	1	7 %
Total	14	100 %

Votes breakdown for Uganda

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Other	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for UK

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Sony Ericsson	8	31 %
Nokia	7	27 %
Motorola	4	15 %
Other	4	15 %
Siemens	3	12 %
Total	26	100 %

Votes breakdown for Ukraine

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Motorola	2	100 %
Total	2	100 %

Votes breakdown for United Kingdom(UK)

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Samsung	7	33 %
Sony Ericsson	6	29 %
Motorola	3	14 %
Nokia	3	14 %
Other	1	5 %
LG	1	5 %
Total	21	100 %

Votes breakdown for United States(USA)

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Motorola	17	50 %
Nokia	4	12 %
Other	3	9 %
Sony Ericsson	3	9 %
No Favorite Brand	3	9 %
LG	2	6 %
Samsung	2	6 %
Total	34	100 %

Votes breakdown for USA

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Motorola	69	28 %
Nokia	57	23 %
Samsung	40	16 %
Sony Ericsson	25	10 %
LG	17	7 %
No Favorite Brand	10	4 %
Siemens	10	4 %
Other	8	3 %
Sanyo	7	3 %
Alcatel	1	0 %
Total	244	100 %

Votes breakdown for Uzbekistan

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Other	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Venezuela

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Motorola	2	40 %
Other	1	20 %
Sony Ericsson	1	20 %
Nokia	1	20 %
Total	5	100 %

Votes breakdown for Vietnam

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Sony Ericsson	2	67 %
Other	1	33 %
Total	3	100 %

Votes breakdown for Yugoslavia

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Samsung	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes breakdown for Zimbabwe

Brand	No of votes	Share (%)
Nokia	1	100 %
Total	1	100 %

Votes Breakdown by Brand

Vote breakdown for No Favorite Brand

Country	Votes	Share (%)
USA	10	26 %
India	5	13 %
United States(USA)	3	8 %
Syria	2	5 %
Switzerland	2	5 %
Lithuania	1	3 %
Indonesia	1	3 %
Cyprus	1	3 %
China	1	3 %
Philippines	1	3 %
Hong Kong	1	3 %
Malaysia	1	3 %
Thailand	1	3 %
Kazakhstan	1	3 %
Norway	1	3 %
Peru	1	3 %
Ghana	1	3 %
Portugal	1	3 %
Canada	1	3 %
Honduras	1	3 %
Panama	1	3 %
Ireland	1	3 %
Total	39	100 %

Vote breakdown for Alcatel

Country	Votes	Share (%)
Indonesia	1	13 %
Afghanistan	1	13 %
Malaysia	1	13 %
USA	1	13 %
Macedonia(FYROM)	1	13 %
Philippines	1	13 %
Netherlands	1	13 %
Israel	1	13 %
Total	8	100 %

Vote breakdown for Sanyo

Country	Votes	Share (%)
USA	7	88 %
Mexico	1	13 %
Total	8	100 %

Vote breakdown for LG

Country	Votes	Share (%)
USA	17	41 %
India	4	10 %
Honduras	3	7 %
Nigeria	2	5 %
South Korea	2	5 %
United States(USA)	2	5 %
Poland	2	5 %
Philippines	1	2 %
Iran	1	2 %
Bangladesh	1	2 %
United Kingdom(UK)	1	2 %
UAE	1	2 %
Canada	1	2 %
Kenya	1	2 %
South Africa	1	2 %
Bahrain	1	2 %
Total	41	100 %

Vote breakdown for Motorola

Country	Votes	Share (%)
USA	69	43 %
India	23	14 %
United States(USA)	17	11 %
Australia	5	3 %
Pakistan	5	3 %
UK	4	2 %
Canada	4	2 %
United Kingdom(UK)	3	2 %
Malaysia	3	2 %
Venezuela	2	1 %
Ukraine	2	1 %
Sri Lanka	2	1 %
Indonesia	2	1 %
Georgia	1	1 %
Mexico	1	1 %
Saudi Arabia	1	1 %
Colombia	1	1 %
Lithuania	1	1 %
South Africa	1	1 %
Iceland	1	1 %
Serbia	1	1 %
Ghana	1	1 %
Haiti	1	1 %
New Zealand	1	1 %
Portugal	1	1 %
Finland	1	1 %
Turkey	1	1 %
China	1	1 %
Belgium	1	1 %
Singapore	1	1 %
Hong Kong	1	1 %
Burkina Faso	1	1 %
Brunei Darussalam	1	1 %
Total	161	100 %

Vote breakdown for Nokia

Country	Votes	Share (%)
USA	57	23 %
India	34	13 %
Pakistan	18	7 %
Malaysia	16	6 %
Canada	11	4 %
Philippines	10	4 %
UK	7	3 %
Hong Kong	7	3 %
Bangladesh	6	2 %
Finland	6	2 %
Romania	5	2 %
UAE	5	2 %
Australia	5	2 %
Mexico	4	2 %
United States(USA)	4	2 %
Singapore	4	2 %
New Zealand	4	2 %
Bulgaria	4	2 %
China	3	1 %
Iran	3	1 %
United Kingdom(UK)	3	1 %
Ghana	2	1 %
Denmark	2	1 %
Indonesia	2	1 %
Kuwait	2	1 %
Turkey	1	0 %
Namibia	1	0 %
Hungary	1	0 %
Argentina	1	0 %
Lithuania	1	0 %
Sweden	1	0 %
Bahrain	1	0 %
Oman	1	0 %
Kenya	1	0 %
Norway	1	0 %
Zimbabwe	1	0 %
Saudi Arabia	1	0 %
Taiwan	1	0 %
Maroc	1	0 %
Chile	1	0 %
Portugal	1	0 %
Belgium	1	0 %
Luxembourg	1	0 %
Thailand	1	0 %
Algeria	1	0 %
Estonia	1	0 %
Algerie	1	0 %
Slovenia	1	0 %
Croatia	1	0 %
Nigeria	1	0 %
Poland	1	0 %
Ireland	1	0 %
Serbia	1	0 %
Venezuela	1	0 %
Total	253	100 %

Vote breakdown for Samsung

Country	Votes	Share (%)
USA	40	37 %
India	9	8 %
United Kingdom(UK)	7	6 %
Bangladesh	6	6 %
UAE	5	5 %
Pakistan	4	4 %
Canada	4	4 %
South Korea	4	4 %
Singapore	3	3 %
Poland	2	2 %
Honduras	2	2 %
Saudi Arabia	2	2 %
United States(USA)	2	2 %
Haiti	1	1 %
Japan	1	1 %
China	1	1 %
Netherlands	1	1 %
Suriname	1	1 %
Bulgaria	1	1 %
Switzerland	1	1 %
Portugal	1	1 %
Hong Kong	1	1 %
Sri Lanka	1	1 %
Thailand	1	1 %
Denmark	1	1 %
Yugoslavia	1	1 %
New Zealand	1	1 %
Taiwan	1	1 %
Malaysia	1	1 %
Indonesia	1	1 %
Iceland	1	1 %
Egypt	1	1 %
Total	109	100 %

Vote breakdown for Siemens

Country	Votes	Share (%)
USA	10	30 %
Pakistan	5	15 %
India	3	9 %
UK	3	9 %
Bangladesh	3	9 %
Croatia	2	6 %
Poland	2	6 %
Singapore	1	3 %
Indonesia	1	3 %
Denmark	1	3 %
Sweden	1	3 %
Romania	1	3 %
Total	33	100 %

Vote breakdown for Sony Ericsson

Country	Votes	Share (%)
USA	25	18 %
India	15	11 %
Philippines	8	6 %
UK	8	6 %
Malaysia	6	4 %
Pakistan	6	4 %
United Kingdom(UK)	6	4 %
Romania	5	4 %
Singapore	4	3 %
Sweden	3	2 %
China	3	2 %
UAE	3	2 %
United States(USA)	3	2 %
Canada	3	2 %
Australia	3	2 %
Chile	2	1 %
New Zealand	2	1 %
South Africa	2	1 %
France	2	1 %
Iran	2	1 %
Spain	2	1 %
Brazil	2	1 %
Vietnam	2	1 %
Czech Republic	1	1 %
Israel	1	1 %
Bulgaria	1	1 %
Bangladesh	1	1 %
Brasil	1	1 %
Belgium	1	1 %
Venezuela	1	1 %
Russia	1	1 %
Japan	1	1 %
Denmark	1	1 %
Portugal	1	1 %
Italy	1	1 %
Switzerland	1	1 %
Sri Lanka	1	1 %
Netherlands	1	1 %
Hong Kong	1	1 %
Bosnia Herzegovina	1	1 %
Macedonia	1	1 %
Finland	1	1 %
Mexico	1	1 %
Jamaica	1	1 %
Taiwan	1	1 %
Total	139	100 %

Vote breakdown for Other

Country	Votes	Share (%)
India	10	22 %
USA	8	18 %
UK	4	9 %
Nigeria	3	7 %
United States(USA)	3	7 %
Brasil	2	4 %
Canada	2	4 %
Iraq	1	2 %
Nepal	1	2 %
China	1	2 %
Vietnam	1	2 %
Venezuela	1	2 %
Pakistan	1	2 %
Thailand	1	2 %
Mexico	1	2 %
Italy	1	2 %
Uzbekistan	1	2 %
Uganda	1	2 %
United Kingdom(UK)	1	2 %
Estonia	1	2 %
Total	45	100 %

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