Samsung dethrones Motorola as no. 1 in US
It was only a matter of time – Motorola has officially lost its title of number one handset manufacturer in the US to Samsung. Somehow managing to increase sales by 6.2% in the past year despite the US being in the midst of one of the worst economic crises in modern history, Samsung now controls 22.4% of the US market while Motorola stands at 21.1% after its position fell a jaw-dropping 11.6%. Nokia, which has never been a large player, made modest gains in the US and is currently holding an 8.4% market share. This is an historic moment in the US cellular industry. Motorola, in shambles and doing everything imaginable to stay afloat, is still relying on sales of pathetically outdated handsets instead of focusing on innovation and, most importantly, changing its brand perception. It is true that Samsung has not done much to change the general image of its devices as they still look and feel very much like the same old Samsung handsets we have known for many years. Samsung has however, at least been very successful in flooding the US marketplace with a wide array of similar devices that offer innovation, functionality and durability. We all know that in the US market, the way to the top is at the bottom. Cheap low-end phones are of course a must but come on Moto – RAZR lust can only last so long.
Go Sammy go!!!
And while articles like this are great, people fail to realize that the United States is a very small chunk of the global phone market. Most people living abroad would say that U.S. phones and plans are so outdated it’s unreal. There are little kids running around with more advanced technology at a fraction of the cost.
And All those little kids would kill for an iPhone too
And this after the Razr was the number selling phone in 2008. Motorola needs a turnaround quick.
Go sammy!
Motorola who?
Seriously, they are still in business?
This post FAILS to mention that Nokia is *still* the *worlds* largest handset manufacturer.
“Nokia, which has never been a large player…”
That is misleading and irresponsible “journalism” even for a US-centric article. (And no, before anyone goes ape$#!+, I’m not some NOK fanboy)
You need to give articles a context to make them relevant.
C’mon BGR, what happened to your A-game articles?
When the title says “in the U.S.”, why would it be relevant to point out that nokia is no.1 in the world? If the title is read, the line is not misleading at all..
hes so annoying make him shut up.
I’ve worked with both Samsung and Motorola phones and while Samsung might be doing better, it doesn’t exactly mean they are of higher quality (SCP-5500 hardware issues, SPH-A900 lack of memory and expansion card, i760 WinMo 6 nightmare, Upstage where to begin, Blackjack v1 horrible WinMo implementation, I can list more if you like). While Motorola shoved so many different versions and colors of the RAZR, KRZR, and ROKR at us, the phone worked well, the Q line had rough start but still picked up. Maybe my experiences with Samsung devices and dealing with my providers customer service and Samsungs as well left me with these feelings. Had a family member put a password on an Upstage and couldn’t remember it. Took it to three repair centers, called Sprint customer service four times, and Samsung twice. It would not accept the MSL while locked, internal battery, and to top it off, no hard reset functionality. Told me to buy a new phone. I took it upon myself to use QPST,CDMA Workshp, and BitPim to obtain the MSL, enter the CDMA programming and removed the password with a little bit of research on the net. Why couldn’t sprint do this? Lazy or just untrained. Samsung could have jumped in as well. While risks are there to screw up the phone, I’d rather take a risk than have to buy a new one.