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Analyzing the world's handset launches from January

Research firm Strategy Analytics tracks and ranks every handset announced by every manufacturer across the globe. The firm evaluates the specifications of each of those handsets to derive engineering trends in the space, from battery capacity to weight and thickness to screen size.

Every month, the firm issues a report on the new handsets released during that month, and provides average rankings based on the specifications of those handsets. Thanks to a teaming between Strategy Analytics and FierceWireless, we'll bring you some key figures from that report. (See the August report, the September report and the November report.)

During January another 52 new handsets and 1 new USB dongle were announced globally by 26 vendors. Motorola's Motoroi XT720 and Nokia's X6 16GB were the pick of the bunch, with the best combination of specifications. Strategy Analytics' fourth quarter 2009 shelf share analysis of 140 mobile network operators revealed that the BlackBerry Bold 9000 maintained its position as the No 1 handset, appearing in the portfolio of more carriers than any other handset, resisting a strong challenge from Nokia's N97 and 5800.

See this chart for details:

 

And here's a list of all the handsets detailed by Strategy Analytics during the month of January (where specs are known):

Amoi E808

Bird C568

Bird S308

Bird S308a

Daxian D6

Fly V180 DS

Garmin-Asus nüvifone M10-1

Garmin-Asus nüvifone M10-2

Gospell GS88

Hisense HS-E90

Huawei C3105

Huawei C5700

Hyundai H908

iida Lotta

i-mobile 1012

i-mobile 2211

i-mobile 3G 6530

i-mobile 3G 8500

Lenovo A332

Lenovo i320

Lenovo S200

Lenovo TD80t

LG GS100

LG KU2100

LG KV230

LG KX196

LG LU2100

LG Madison GB255G

Mobiado 712ZAF

Motorola MOTOROI XT720

Nokia 6303i classic

Nokia X6 16GB-1

Nokia X6 16GB-2

Nokia X6 16GB-3

Okwap A310 Hello Kitty

Okwap C910

Orange Miami

Orange Oslo

Palm Pixi Plus

Palm Pre Plus

Samsung S3550 Shark 3

Samsung S5350 Shark

Samsung SCH-E189

Samsung SPH-W9100 Gemstone

Sky IM-S550S JamBand

Sky IM-U560K

Sonim XP3.2 Quest Pro-1

Sonim XP3.2 Quest Pro-2

Sony Ericsson GreenHeart AspenM1a

Sony Ericsson GreenHeart AspenM1i

Toshiba E08T

Virgin Mobile vFlash

ZTE S202