comScore’s MobiLens service said that over the past three months Motorola continued to be the number one US phone supplier, with LG Electronics in second place, just ahead of Samsung. Motorola took just 22.3% of the US market with LG on 21.7%.
In the 3 month average ending in February, 234 million Americans age 13 and older were mobile subscribers. It is noticeable that Nokia has not managed to increase its market share despite well publicized efforts and has even seen it drop slightly.
On the smartphone front 45.4 million people in the US owned smartphones, up 21% since November. RIM has extended its lead to 42.1% with Apple second on a falling 25.4%. followed by Microsoft at 15.1%. The Google Android platform continues to see rapid gains and is up 5.2% in this period and at that rate will shortly oust Microsoft. Global leader Nokia is nowhere in sight.