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Wireless Market Share By Device And ISP
Verizon has 31.1% market share to AT&T's 25.2%
CNET directs our attention to a new study by Comscore that breaks down wireless market share by both carrier and device. According to the study Verizon claimed a 31.1% share of all cellular customers during the first quarter, compared to 25.2% for AT&T, roughly 12% for each for both T-Mobile and Sprint, and 5.1% for Tracfone. The study found that 63.7% of users used SMS/MMS, 30.1% surfed the web with a mobile browser, 28.6% downloaded apps, 21.8% played games, 18.7% accessed social networking sites or blogs, and 13.2% used their phones to listen to music. As for device manufacturers, both Motorola and Samsung took top honors with 21.9% each, followed closely by LG with 21.8% and Research In Motion and Nokia -- both with 8.3%.
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FFH5
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FFH5

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Latest smartphone numbers show different story

All phones in US:

All handsets in US

Smartphones only in US:

Smartphone shares in US

huntml
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Apple?

Apple not among the top 5 OEMs, and a distant #2 among US smartphone platforms?

You'd think them ranked much higher in both categories based on a measure of blog/news column inches.

thegeek
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right here

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Re: Apple?

bring on the apple fanboy rants about how this data cannot be accurate if the iphone doesn't top everything
rifleman69
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Re: Apple?

said by thegeek:

bring on the apple fanboy rants about how this data cannot be accurate if the iphone doesn't top everything
Apple makes how many different style of phones? How many does Samsung, or Motorola, or LG, or RIM, or Nokia make?

Pretty cut and dry answer why Apple doesn't appear in the all phones in the US...you're including all of the cheapies too.

thegeek
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right here

thegeek

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Re: Apple?

that was my point. but apple fanboys seem to think that anything with a shiney apple on it is number 1 at everything

kamm
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said by huntml:

Apple not among the top 5 OEMs, and a distant #2 among US smartphone platforms?

You'd think them ranked much higher in both categories based on a measure of blog/news column inches.
Only if you are an iPhone user with no clue about the world.
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Apple only sold 25M phones in 2009 globally. Considering these stats only counted 234M subscribers in the US, no, Apple isn't among the top 5.

aztecnology
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said by huntml:

Apple not among the top 5 OEMs, and a distant #2 among US smartphone platforms?

You'd think them ranked much higher in both categories...
How can that be when they only make 1 phone in 1 category...

huntml
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huntml

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Re: Apple?

Um...are they an OEM? That's *one* category. Are they a smartphone mfg.? That's *another* category.

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said by huntml:

Um...are they an OEM? That's *one* category. Are they a smartphone mfg.? That's *another* category.
Uhh, Apple is NOT an OEM, iPhone is made by Chinese OEMs.

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Re: Apple?

You are correct, of course. I meant 'marketer' or 'brand.'