We already talked about the new report from Strategy Analytics on the mobile phone market for Q2. Another research firm has also published a report on the state of the mobile phone market. The other report is from analytics firm IDC.

IDC reports that the global market for mobile phones declined 10.8% from the same quarter a year before. Despite the decline compared to last year, Q2 was an improvement compared to the 17.2% decline in shipments in Q1.

IDC predicts that the global mobile phone market will decline 13% in 2009. The small signs of improvement in the market according to IDC is in high-end smartphones and other high-end handsets. The top five mobile phone vendors in global shipments are Nokia, Samsung, LG, Motorola, and Sony Ericsson.

[via IDC]