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 |
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