There is battle on over who has the biggest smartphone share within the United Kingdom as RIM (Research In Motion) have disputed claims that Apple are the top brand. Comscore released a set of figures that shows that Apple has overtaken Symbia (Nokia) to become the No.1 leading smartphone provider with almost 5.5 registered users.
The figures show that Apple has risen about 46% in the last year and that Google Android is not far behind in second place with 5.4 million users. However, RIM are clearly disputing these figures as they have said that they have nearly double amount of users (which is based on GFK-based numbers) that Comscore is showing.
A spokesperson for RIM said "ComScore estimated that RIM had 3.591 million BlackBerry subscribers in the UK at the end of May 2011 when in fact RIM's UK subscriber base at the end of May 2011 stood at just under 7 million subscribers."
They also added, "RIM is committed to providing its customers with the very best BlackBerry experience and is proud to be the UK's #1 smartphone brand. RIM has experienced strong international growth, with 67% of revenue in Q1 FY12 derived from international markets."