According to research done by Gartner and TechRadar, Apple has doubled its share in the global smartphone market. Apple has sold roughly 4 million units and increased its market share to about 11 percent. Sounds good? Not when you examine the big picture a little more closely. RIM and Nokia still lead the way in the smartphone industry, with 20 and 15 percent shares of the market respectively. Of the top five selling phone in the United States, three were Blackberries, with the Curve dethroning the iPhone for the top spot. Apple would still argue that they have increased their market share if you examine the percentages. However, since there is no exact definition of a smartphone and because the majority of standard phones the will be available five years from now will be the smartphones of today, it is difficult to determine exactly how strong Apple is in this rather subjective market. Not saying that Apple isn’t doing a bang up job, but they have a long way to go before they become RIM.
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