Motorola and RIM lead the mobile and smartphone markets

by Stevie Smith - Feb 10 2010, 06:42

Industry dominance via market share is everything when it comes to business, and, in that sense, Motorola and Research In Motion (RIM) are the kings of their respective castles when it comes to mobile phones and smartphone devices.

Moreover, new U.S. figures from comScore covering momentum between September and December of 2009 show that Motorola was the country’s leading mobile phone manufacturer with 23.5 percent of the market, while BlackBerry maker RIM continues to lead the smartphone OS sector thanks to a hefty 41.6 percent share.

However, while Motorola and RIM are listed as top dogs, the report also shows that both lost ground to the chasing packs, with Motorola dropping 1.4 percent over the three-month period, while RIM saw its dominance fall by around 1 percent.

The aforementioned rivals in the mobile phone sector are led by LG, which pulled in 0.8 percent growth over the period and secured second place with 21.9 percent of the market. Samsung rounded out the top three vendors with 21.2 percent.

Meanwhile, RIM’s percentage loss was Apple’s gain as its iconic iPhone smartphone managed to add 1.2 percent between September and December, pushing Apple’s market positioning to a healthy 25.3 percent.

Google notched the biggest chunk of growth for the period, with a 2.7 percent leap helping to push its increasingly popular Android platform towards a total share of 5.2 percent.

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