Most Popular Phone in the US (third quarter, 2008)

Posted by Larry Wallace on November 5, 2008 under Mobile | Be the First to Comment

According to IDC’s report on third-quarter handset sales, Nokia remains the world’s leading cell phone brand by far, with a 39.4% market share, followed by Samsung with 17.3%, and Sony Ericsson, Motorola, and LG, with 8.6%, 8.5%, and 7.7%, respectively.

BlackBerry Curve is the most popular phone in the United States. Apple’s popular iPhone comes in a distant second.

But with only one device on the market, Apple has little reason to be disappointed. Research In Motion, after all, which manufactures the popular BlackBerry line of mobile email devices, has never appeared in the top-five, but has become famous for its strong profit margins in the enterprise smartphone market.