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 Send to email | RIM Nearly Triples Q2 U.S. Market Share -- Fueled By Crappy Economy? (RIMM) in RIMMAAPL |  By Silicon
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 Why has BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIMM) continued its torrid growth streak even as the U.S. economy tumbles? Maybe because the U.S. economy is tumbling.
RIM captured 11% of the U.S. market -- selling some 4.6 million million phones -- in Q2, according to a Strategy Analytics report summarized by RCR Wireless News. That's almost triple RIM's share from a year ago, when it took 4% of the U.S. market.
What's helped? Lots of BlackBerries being sold by lots of carriers, including consumer-focused gadgets like the Pearl (cheap) and Curve (more expensive). And it certainly didn't hurt that Apple's (AAPL) iPhone was mostly sold out during Q2. (That could pressure RIM's market share in Q3 and beyond.)
Another interesting theory from AmTech analyst Rob Sanderson: The crappy U.S. economy is helping RIM.
How? Because the economic slowdown is hurting lower-income consumers, wireless carriers are "allocating marketing efforts toward up-selling the high-end," says Sanderson. For many carriers, BlackBerries are their best, most profitable high-end smartphones. So they're pushing RIM much harder than, say, low-end LG devices.
See Also:
Why RIM Is Screwed: Limited Market Opportunity, Losing AT&T Share, Margins Getting Worse
RIM Getting Beat Up Unfairly, Enough Room For BlackBerry And iPhone, Says RBC
RIM Slapped: Consumer Growth 'Under Siege' Because Of Apple iPhone
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| RIM eclipses Windows Mobile market share for Q2 2008 |  Stop the presses and break out the Courvoisier, as we’ve just hit a major milestone in the ongoing mobile OS market share wars. For the first time, RIM and its BlackBerry OS have surpassed Windows Mobile market share during the 2nd quarter of this year. RIM clocked in with 17.4%, handily topping WM’s 12% not [...]
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| AMD market share down in Q4 ‘07 | | Up on the previous quarter, though
AMD may have regained some lost market share between Q3 and Q4 2007, but it was down year on year, the latest figures from market watcher iSuppli reveal.
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| Comscore Time Again: Google Query Growth Solid, Yahoo Crappy |  The first half of the monthly Comscore ritual is complete, and the results shouldn't trigger any alarms. This evening, Comscore released its April query share report. JP Morgan analyst Imran Khan reports that there were no major surprises:
Google gained share: 61.6% of US queries, up from 59.8% in March--the first time Google's US share has exceeded 60%. Google's q [..] Read complete article | | Published 20-May-2008 by Silicon in General
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