During the three-month period ending December 2010, there were about 63 million smartphone owners in the U.S. This is an increase of 60% from a year earlier, according to data from comScore MobiLens. RIM led the way with 31.6% of U.S. market share, while second-ranked Google accounted for 28.7%, up 34.1% from the three-month period ended September.
Apple accounted for 25% of the U.S. market share as of December, up 2.9% from the previous three-month period, followed by Microsoft 8.4% and Palm with 3.7%.
OEM Market Share: Samsung Wins
234 million Americans age 13+ used mobile devices in the last quarter of 2010. Samsung was the top handset with 24.8% of U.S. OEM market share, up 1.3% from the previous quarter. LG ranked second with 20.9% share, followed by Motorola (16.7%), RIM (8.5%), and Nokia (7.0%).
