iPhone is the Most Popular Phone in the US

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Nielson, a leading media and marketing research company, today posted a list of most popular handset for 2009. Unsurprisingly the iPhone tops the list at 4% of all handset sold in the U.S. Keep in mind this list only uses data from the first 10 months of 2009. Thus it may not accurately reflect the number of iPhone 3GS sold in all of 2009.

The Nielson’s top handset list of 2009 also lists RIMM 8300’s series as a close second place at 3.7%. Its Blackberry Storm series come in at 1.7% of all cell phones sold in the U.S. Blackberry 8100’s series also sold 1.2 percent. Combined, the blackberry maker has a 6.6% share of the U.S. market if only the data on Nielson’s list are used. Motorola RAZR has 2.3% of subscriber base and LG takes 4th and 5th place with its VX9100 and Voyager models.

This list shows that smart phones are really hitting main stream as iPhone and Blackberry take top spot among the all of the handsets in use. More people are using their cell phones as the ultimate gadget as they turn smart phones into GPS navigators, web browser, email client, and even musical instruments.

Nielson also posted a list of the top mobile sites accessed over mobile phones. Google search is without question, the number one mobile site among all cell phones. It is followed by Yahoo! Mail, Google Mail, Weather Channel, and Facebook.

Nielson has given us an early glimpse of the most popular mobile handset in 2009. However, it’s 2009 top cell phone list is still a little incomplete. We can’t wait for the real top 2009 handset list after all of the data come in for November and December.

This is an iPhone Trend Post by the App Machine