Articles tagged with: Npd Group and Rim

RIM Unseats Apple in Smartphone Sales Ranking

According to The NPD Group, an aggressive "buy-one-get-one" promotion by Verizon Wireless helped RIM's BlackBerry Curve move past Apple's iPhone to become the best-selling consumer smartphone in the U.S. in the first quarter (Q1) of 2009. RIM's consumer smartphone market share increased 15 percent to nearly 50 percent of the smartphone market in Q1 2009 versus the prior quarter, as Apple's and Palm's share both declined 10 percent each.  more

Related Tags: verizon-wireless, iphone, blackberry-storm, blackberry, storm, USA

Apple Leaps to Second Among Smartphone Sales in the USA

According to The NPD Group, consumer sales of smartphones to U.S. consumers reached 9 million units from January through July 2008 versus the same time period last year - a year-over-year increase of 84 percent. Even as overall handset sales and revenues declined in the U.S., smartphone revenue increased 71 percent -- reaching nearly $1.7 billion.  more

Related Tags: android, google, iphone, samsung, motorola, apple, smartphones, palm, USA