But Nokia still bagged 39.7% of the market in Q3.
Analyst Canalys has released figures for global smartphone shipments in the third quarter of this year, and it's good news for RIM and Apple.
Nokia remains top dog in terms of market share, shipping 16.4 million smartphones in Q3, 39.7% of the market. That's up from 38.9% in the same quarter last year.
However, Research In Motion is on the charge with BlackBerry, whose 8.5 million Q3 shipments bagged it a smartphone market share of 20.6% - up from 15.2% in Q3 2008.
That means it's overtaken third-placed Apple, which shipped 7.4 million iPhones in Q3 for a 17.8% market share, up from 17.3% in the same quarter last year. Fourth-placed HTC shipped 2.2 million smartphones in Q3, giving it a market share of 5.3%.
Overall, smartphone shipments rose just 4% year-on-year to 41.4 million, with a 6% drop in EMEA shipments eating into the 5% rise in North America and 26% growth in APAC.
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"While growth has undoubtedly slowed, it is still outperforming the overall mobile phone market by some margin, as well as driving data revenue for operators," points out senior analyst Pete Cunningham.
Canalys has also broken down its figures by smartphone OS, revealing that Symbian held 46.2% of the market in Q3, followed by Blackberry (20.6%), iPhone (17.8%), Windows Mobile (8.8%) and Android (3.5%).
Microsoft is the big loser in that chart, with WinMo shipments down 33.1% year-on-year. The full stats can be seen here.
