Dan Frommer|Aug. 13, 2009, 5:40 PM|comment1

The launch of Apple’s iPhone 3GS (and price cuts on the iPhone 3G) helped Apple grow its share of the smartphone market last quarter: 13.3% worldwide, according to Gartner, up from 10.8% in Q1. Meanwhile, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion lost a bit of market share and Nokia gained some. But Apple and RIM are capturing a disproportionate chunk of the market’s profits, which is also important. Earlier this year, Deutsche Bank calculated that while Apple and RIM will combine to sell somewhere between 5% to 10% of the broader mobile industry’s units, they’ll combine for 66% of the industry’s operating profit.

via CHART OF THE DAY: iPhone Market Share Up, BlackBerry Down (AAPL, RIMM, NOK).