How consumer-electronics makers are faring

This week, makers and sellers of consumer-electronics devices began releasing their earnings reports for the latest quarter. Here's a look at selected companies that report unit sales on phones, tablet computers and other devices. Some companies including Samsung Electronics Co. do not release data on unit sales.

- Thursday: Microsoft Corp. says it shipped 1.1 million Xbox 360 consoles during the April-June period, down from 1.7 million a year earlier.

Nokia Corp. says sales of smartphones dropped 39 percent from a year ago to 10.2 million in the second quarter. The company blamed "strong momentum" of competing smartphones. All regions showed a decline except North America, where sales of the new Windows-based Lumia line offset declines in traditional Symbian devices. Sales of all cellphones fell 5 percent to 83.7 million.

Coming up:

- July 24: Apple Inc., TomTom, AT&T Inc.

- July 25: Nintendo Co.

- Aug. 1: Garmin Ltd.

- Aug. 2: Sony Corp.

- Aug. 22: Hewlett-Packard Co.

- Sept. 27: Research In Motion Ltd.

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