Top 10 Mobile Phones in the U.S. (Q3 2008)
Source: THE NIELSEN COMPANY ISSUES TOP TEN U.S. LISTS FOR 2008.
Motorola on the top and Nokia on the bottom – wow. And in between in that order: LG, Apple and BlackBerry. Wow again. The US does operate differently than the rest of the world!
I wonder for how much longer that will hold true.
The following handsets all support Java ME / MIDP or BREW, SMS and mobile web browser applications; except for the iPhone of course.
| Rank | Handset | Share of subscribers | Java ME/MIDP | BREW (on Verizon) | Browser | SMS |
| 1 | Motorola RAZR V3 series | 9.3% | X | X | X | X |
| 2 | Motorola MotoKRZR series | 2.0% | X | X | X | X |
| 3 | LG VX8300 series | 1.6% | X | X | X | |
| 4 | Apple iPhone | 1.5% | X | X | ||
| 5 | LG VX8500 series | 1.2% | X | X | X | |
| 5 | RIM BlackBerry 8100 series | 1.2% | X | X | X | |
| 7 | Nokia 6101 series | 1.1% | X | X | X | |
| 8 | LG VX8350 | 1.0% | X | X | X | |
| 9 | Motorola V325 series | 0.9% | X | X | X | |
| 9 | Nokia 6010 series | 0.9% | X | X | X | |
| Source: Nielsen | ||||||
I use Motorola RAZR V3 series phone and its right up there at the top! I am kind of proud of it!
“The following handsets all support Java ME / MIDP, SMS and mobile web browser applications.” Do you mean they support ALL that?
iPhone got no Java ME but sure SMS and mobile web
Heh, yes, except for iPhone, sloppy me. Clarified that and also expanded the table. Thanks.
ceo