Editor's note: In the previous version of this story, we incorrectly reported that Research In Motion had lost almost five percentage points in market share. Research In Motion did not lose market share. The Fool regrets the error.
If great firms win customers in every market, then Apple
New research from smartphone tracker Canalys put the iPhone ahead of Research In Motion's
|
Company |
Q3 2008 Shipments |
% Market Share |
Q3 2007 Shipments |
% Market Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Nokia |
15.485 million |
38.9% |
16.025 million |
51.4% |
|
Apple |
6.899 million |
17.3% |
1.107 million |
3.6% |
|
Research In Motion |
6.051 million |
15.2% |
3.298 million |
10.6% |
|
Motorola |
2.313 million |
5.8% |
2.058 million |
6.6% |
|
HTC |
2.308 million |
5.8% |
.850 million |
2.7% |
|
All Others |
6.791 million |
17% |
7.816 million |
25.1% |
Source: Canalys.
What strikes me is how everyone lost share save for Apple, Research In Motion, and Taiwan's HTC, which actually beat the iEmpire to market with a touchscreen phone.
Apple is the big winner here, by comparison to RIM. How else can you describe it, when RIM has shipped 83% more units year-over-year but has fallen behind Apple in market share? Shoppers simply like the iPhone more -- or so says a recent customer-satisfaction survey taken by J.D. Power.
Microsoft's
And (ahem) those numbers might be soft. Google's
Which means the "iEmpire" is no longer just a cutesy nickname. It's real, growing, and -- if the numbers are to be believed -- the cure for legions of one-time CrackBerry addicts.
Brrrrrrrring! It's related Foolishness calling:
- Maybe the iPhone is exactly as big as we all think.
- The whole world is in Apple's hand.
- Not all the news is bad. Here are 3 reasons to buy Research In Motion today.
