Monday, August 9, 2010

Apple commands 25.3% US smartphone market share in Dec 2009

According to a recent ComScore report subscriber market share of U.S. mobile for December 2009, Apple's market share of U.S. smartphone increased by 1.2% to 25.3%. Blackberry maker Research In Motion (RIM) leads the category with 41.6% market share, while Apple's iPhone (25.3%) and Microsoft's Windows platform (18.0%) were second and third respectively after. Compared with the previous reporting period (September 2009), RIM and Microsoft each lost 1-percentage point in December 2009 period, while Palm-lost 2.2 percentage points in market share. mailed Apple and Google gained market share smartphone for the same period.

According to the report of the market's recent IDC, Apple shipped 25.1 million iPhones in 2009 capturing 14.4% of global smartphone market share.

In the overall US mobile market segment, Motorola ranked top with 23.5% market share, followed by LG (21.9%), Samsung (21.2%), Nokia (9.2%) and RIM (7.0%). Compared to previous reporting period (September 2009), Motorola and Nokia lost market share to Samsung, RIM and LG in December 2009.

The study says a total of 234 million people age 13 and older used mobile devices in December 2009 in the U.S.

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