RIM still leads Canada’s smartphone market

Posted Dec 1, 2011 7:10 am.

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Despite its recent troubles, Research in Motion continues to lead the smartphone market in Canada, but a new platform is quickly gaining ground.

According to a comScore Inc. online survey, eight-million Canadians used smartphones in September with nearly 36 per cent of those handling a device from RIM.

The Apple Iphone came in second at 30 per cent, but the biggest gains were made by Google’s Android format which doubled its market share to 25 per cent in the past six months.

According to the National Post, 20-million Canadians used a mobile device in September.

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