Apple beats Moto

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Friday, April 30th, 2010


Well if that don’t beat all. Apple sold 8.8 million iPhones while Motorola sold 8.5 million last quarter. The crazy part is that those are all, obviously, iPhones while Motorola’s entire line consists of smart and feature phones. Including Droid and Devour.

9to5 notes:

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 is still doing OK for themselves, which is nice to know, but clearly Apple is doing something right. Like sending private detectives to the homes of 21-year-olds.

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