ComScore data not so sweet for BlackBerry

The Independent reports on data squabbles between BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) and ComScore over the latest figures for smartphone use in the UK.

ComScore reckons BlackBerry had some 3.5 million subscribers in May, compared to 5.5 million iPhone owners and 5.4 million Android-powered devices.

But RIM says those numbers are wrong and “by a wide margin”, saying its UK subscriber base was just under 7 million at the end of May.

ComScore says the disparity is down to the fact that its figures relate to primary handsets only – so people who own two phones will only have their primary phone counted.

BlackBerry, however, is not sold on this argument. Read the full story here.