Apple Thoughts: Apple is Now the Biggest Mobile Phone Maker in the US, Sorry Motorola

"Apple has eclipsed Motorola as the biggest mobile phone maker in the US, while fresh research tells us iPhone-driven global smartphone sales grew 50 per cent in the first quarter. Meanwhile, over half a million iPhones sold in just five months in South Korea."

Motorola still made a profit, but Apple has surpassed them in numbers by selling 8.8 million iPhones compared to Motorola which sold 8.5 million. This is down 6.2 million phones since the same time last year, which is quite a drop, but its an even further drop from the Razr days of four years ago when they sold 46.1 million phones. Apples share in the smartphone market is roughly 16.4 percent for Q1 2010, up from 10.6 percent for the same time last year.