The comScore MobiLens for September and December 2009. has been released.
The report showed Motorola to be the top handset manufacturer
with 23.5 percent market share. RIM's BlackBerry smartphones had the lead in smartphone platforms with 41.6 percent market share.
Device manufacturer Motorola was the top
ranked hone maker with 23.5 percent of U.S. mobile devices. LG ranked second
with 21.9 percent share, followed by Samsung (21.2 percent share),
Nokia (9.2 percent share) and RIM (7.0 percent share).
A
total of 234 million people age 13 and older in the U.S. used mobile
devices in December 2009
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Top Mobile OEMs 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 Mobile Devices | |||
| Sep-09 | Dec-09 | Point Change | |
| Total Mobile Subscribers | 100.0% | 100.0% | N/A |
| Motorola | 24.9% | 23.5% | -1.4 |
| LG | 21.7% | 21.9% | 0.2 |
| Samsung | 20.4% | 21.2% | 0.8 |
| Nokia | 9.6% | 9.2% | -0.4 |
| RIM | 6.4% | 7.0% | 0.6 |
Smartphone Platform Market Share
The report
ranked the leading mobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and
smartphone operating system (OS) platforms in the U.S. according to
their share of current mobile subscribers age 13 and older, as well as
the most popular forms of content and activity accessed via mobile
device
RIM was the leading
mobile smartphone operating system in the U.S. in December 2009 with
41.6 percent share of U.S. smartphone devices. 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 (up 2.7 percentage points).
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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 | |
Mobile Content Usage
In December 2009, 63.1 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers used text
messaging on their mobile device, up 2.1 percentage points from three
months prior. Browsers were used by 27.5 percent of U.S. mobile
subscribers (up 1.5 percentage points), while subscribers who played
games made up 21.6 percent (up 0.2 percentage points).
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Mobile Content Usage 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 U.S. Mobile Subscribers | |||
| Sep-09 | Dec-09 | Point Change | |
| Total Mobile Subscribers | 100.0% | 100.0% | N/A |
| Sent text message to another phone | 61.0% | 63.1% | 2.1 |
| Used browser | 26.0% | 27.5% | 1.5 |
| Played games | 21.4% | 21.6% | 0.2 |
| Used Downloaded Apps | 16.7% | 17.8% | 1.1 |
| Accessed Social Networking Site or Blog | 13.8% | 15.9% | 2.1 |
| Listened to music on mobile phone | 11.7% | 12.1% | 0.4 |