comScore has reported on US mobile sector market share for January 2010 and the results are quite surprising. Of course year on year stats rarely give a true picture, but these show that RIM and Google are growing the fastest, especially Google, and that Microsoft and Palm are really struggling. Apple is steady with a 0.3% increase which is a surprise.
“42.7 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones in an average month during the November to January period, up 18 percent from the August through October period. RIM was the leading mobile smartphone platform in the U.S. with 43.0 percent share of U.S. smartphone subscribers, rising 1.7 percentage points versus three months earlier. Apple ranked second with 25.1 percent share (up 0.3 percentage points), followed by Microsoft at 15.7 percent, Google at 7.1 percent (up 4.3 percentage points), and Palm at 5.7 percent. Google’s Android platform continues to see rapid gains in market share…”
“Of course year on year stats rarely give a true picture”
These aren’t year on year stats, they show sequential quarters.
“Apple is steady with a 0.3% increase which is a surprise.”
Yes, it is. Apple’s marketshare usually takes a dip in the Nov – Jan quarter.