Apple Ups and Google Doubles U.S. Mobile Marketshare
Data measurement company comScore, Inc. recently released a report looking at the U.S. mobile phone industry over the three month period between September and December 2009. According to the report, a total of 234 million people aged 13 and older used mobile devices in December 2009, with RIM topping the list of smartphone devices at 41.6 percent share of the market. Apple ranked second with 25.3 percent share (up 1.2 percentage points), followed by Microsoft with 18.0 percent share, Palm with 6.1 percent share, and Google with 5.2 percent share (doubling its share by upping to 2.7 percentage points).
| Top Smartphone Platforms 3 Months Ending Dec. 2009 vs. 3 Months Ending Sep. 2009 Total U.S. Age 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens |
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| Share (%) of Smartphone Devices | |||
| Sep-09 | Dec-09 | Point Change | |
| Total Smartphone Subscribers | 100.0% | 100.0% | N/A |
| RIM | 42.6% | 41.6% | -1.0 |
| Apple | 24.1% | 25.3% | 1.2 |
| Microsoft | 19.0% | 18.0% | -1.0 |
| Palm | 8.3% | 6.1% | -2.2 |
| 2.5% | 5.2% | 2.7 | |
