Smartphone market share

comScore

comScore released its March 2011 report on mobile subscriber market share last Friday, and, when it comes to the the smartphone category, Research in Motion’s BlackBerry continues to lose subscribers at an alarming rate dropping 4.5%, now sitting at 27.1%, in the 3 month avg. ending Mar. 2011 vs. 3 month avg. ending Dec. 2010.

The BlackBerry has slipped to number 2 behind Android who jumped up 6% to 34.7% U.S. share.  The BlackBerry is still in front of the iPhone which had just a .5% increase in share now sitting at 25.5%.  If the BlackBerry, however, continues the free-fall that it has been on for the better part of the last 18 months, it will slip to number 3 by the time the next comScore report comes out.  Rounding out the smartphone category where Microsoft and Palm who both lost 0.9% market share dropping to 7.5% and 2.8% respectively…

[Via comScore]

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BlackBerry Falls To Number 2 In U.S. Smartphone Market Share

by Robb Dunewood on December 1, 2010 · 9 comments

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Research in Motion’s BlackBerry no longer sits atop the U.S. smartphone market share hill as it has been knocked down a spot to number two by the iPhone according to Nielsen’s numbers for October 2010. The iPhone has moved up to 27.9% share while the BlackBerry has moved down to 27.5%. Read more...

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by Robb Dunewood on November 15, 2010 · 5 comments

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BlackBerry Still #1, But, Android Is Coming On Strong

by Robb Dunewood on April 6, 2010 · 6 comments

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When it comes to smartphone market share in the United States, the BlackBerry is still king of the hill according to a recent report by comScore, however, Android is coming on strong. For the three month period ending Feb. 10, RIM’s percentage of market share was 42.1%, up 1.3% from the same period a year Read more...