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Analyzing the world's handset launches from September

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 whether they have a touchscreen.

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 new teaming between Strategy Analytics and FierceWireless, we'll bring you some key figures every month from that report.

During September, another 106 new handsets were announced globally by 26 vendors. For the 59 new handsets where detailed specifications were available, 59 percent incorporated a touchscreen, the highest monthly figure on record, 95 percent incorporated a memory card slot, another all-time high, and the average display size was 2.85 inches. Research in Motion achieved high shelf share among mobile network operators during the third quarter, with the BlackBerry Bold 9000 appearing on the product portfolios of more carriers than any other handset model, ousting the Nokia E71 from top spot.

See this chart for details:

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

Bird F688

Casio Cassiopeia DT-5300 M30S

Casio Cassiopeia DT-5300 M30SC

Casio Cassiopeia DT-5300 M50S

Casio Cassiopeia DT-5300 M50SC

Casio Cassiopeia DT-5300 M52S

Casio Cassiopeia DT-5300 M52SC

Daxian AD919

Daxian C005

Daxian DX6188

Daxian DX8816

Daxian DX8818

Daxian DX9818

Daxian T8000

Daxian X9918

Fly DS210

Fly E135

Haier A67

Hisense E79

Huawei C5600

Huawei U1270

iida PLY

iida PRISMOID

i-mobile TV658 Touch&Move

Lenovo P60

Lenovo S62

LG GU280

LG KH8600

LG KU6300

LG LH8600

LG LU6300

LG SH860

LG SU630

Modelabs My Dior Black&Gold

Motorola E11

Motorola MOTO TITAN V11

Motorola MOTO VE440

Okwap A700

Philips C700

RIM Tour 9630 - Cameraless

Samsung B5310 CorbyPRO

Samsung E2100L

Samsung S3110L

Samsung S5233W

Samsung SCH-B519

Samsung SCH-B900

Samsung SCH-R850 Caliber

Samsung SCH-S540 SlimStyle

Samsung SCH-W880

Samsung SCH-W910 VVIP

Samsung T939 Behold 2

Sharp 832SH s

Sky Dupont Phone IM-U510LE

Sky IM-S500K Crystal

Sky IM-U510S

Vertu Constellation Ayxta

Vodafone 541

Vodafone 360 H1

Vodafone 360 M1