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Comscore shows market share growth (Loss) for a quarter (Nov 2009 – Feb 2010) for all of the SmartPhone platforms. The big loser is Microsoft with a 21% loss, or as accountants would put it, a -21% gain, which translates to a 4% loss in the smartphone marketplace.
The clear winner in gain is the Android platform, with a gain of 5.2% in the overall market, which translates to almost a 240% gain in position in the same 3 months (from 3.8% mkt share to 9).
| 3 Month Avg. Top Smartphone Platforms Total U.S. Age 13+ | Ending Feb. 2010 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Nov. 2009 Source: comScore MobiLens |
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| Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers | |||
| Nov-09 | Feb-10 | Point Change | |
| Total Smartphone Subscribers | 100.0% | 100.0% | N/A |
| RIM | 40.8% | 42.1% | 1.3 |
| Apple | 25.5% | 25.4% | -0.1 |
| Microsoft | 19.1% | 15.1% | -4.0 |
| 3.8% | 9.0% | 5.2 | |
| Palm | 7.2% | 5.4% | -1.8 |