The stats are in. During the third quarter of 2009, the Apple iPhone 3GS was the top-selling smartphone in the U.S. Research In Motion, however, owned nearly every other spot in the top ten. Who's the real winner here?Apple (and AT&T, for that matter) can claim to have the number one smartphone in the market. The iPhone 3GS, which went on sale in June, grabbed the top spot in sales between July 1 and September 30. The iPhone 3G (you know, the $99 version) also made the top 10 list, ranking number four. Apple can give itself a self-congratulatory pat on the back, but a glance at the entire top ten list tells a different story.

Research In Motion has six phones that rank in the top 10. They include the Curve, Pearl, Storm, Bold, Pearl Flip and the venerable workhorse BlackBerry 8830. RIM continues to be a very powerful player in the market, and has captured plenty mindhsare and marketshare from the competition.

It's nice to see that there is at least one Android phone in the bunch. The HTC's myTouch 3G ranks eighth on the top 10 list. We should expect a vastly different landscape when the numbers for the current quarter come in. No less than five new Android phones have been announced by the likes of Samsung, HTC and Motorola, and are already for sale. Motorola's Droid is only on track to sell several hundred thousand units before the end of the year. How much will Android shake up the top ten list?

It is also encouraging to see that Palm's Pre hit the list at number six. Will the Pre remain in the top ten list, or will it be joined/supplanted by the nearly available Pixi? Can webOS grow its share in the smartphone market? Let's hope so.

Here's the entire list:

1. iPhone 3GS 2. BlackBerry Curve (8310, 8320, 8350i, 8520, 8900, and 8830) 3. BlackBerry Pearl (8110, 8120, and 8130) 4. iPhone 3G 5. BlackBerry Storm (9530) 6. Palm Pre 7. BlackBerry Bold (9000) 8. T-Mobile MyTouch 3G (HTC) 9. BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8220 and the 8230) 10. BlackBerry 8830

[Via FierceWireless]