Market Definition About Smartphone in U.S

The U.S. smartphone market consists of all firms throughout the world that manufacture
and sell smartphones to U.S. consumers. A smartphone is a mobile electronic device which runs an
advanced operating system that is open to installing new applications, is always connected to the
internet, and which provides very diverse functionality to the consumer.
The major participants in the U.S. smartphone market include Apple Inc. (a U.S.
corporation), Research in Motion Limited (or RIM, a Canadian corporation), HTC Corporation (a
Taiwanese corporation), Motorola, Inc. (a U.S. corporation), and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (a
subsidiary of the Korean corporation Samsung Group). Smaller participants include HP/Palm, Inc. (a
subsidiary of HP, a U.S. corporation), LG Corp. (a Korean corporation), and Nokia Corporation (a
Finnish corporation).