comScore: Apple still top smartphone maker, Samsung also gaining market share in U.S.

The battle for smartphone market share continues in the U.S. where, since November 2012, Apple has increased its lead by 3.9 percent.
comScore analyzed the top smartphone OEMs by looking at a sample of over 30,000 smartphone users during the period. While Apple still leads at 38.9 percent, between November 2012 and February of this year Samsung’s U.S. smartphone share also grew one percent to 21.3 percent.


As for other smartphone manufacturers, HTC came in third with a 1.7 percent decrease during the same time frame (now at 9.3 percent). Motorola’s U.S. smartphone share dropped 1.1 percent to 8.4 percent while LG lost 0.2 percent, currently getting 6.8 percent of the market.
comScore also revealed that 133.7 million Americans owned a smartphone in January, up eight percent from November of last year.
The analytics firm also analyzed the top smartphone platforms. Android still leads the pack in the U.S. at 51.7 percent. However, with Apple gaining 3.9 percent market share between November 2012 and February, Google saw a loss of two percent. Still, Android is 12.8 percent ahead of iOS (currently at 38.9 percent). BlackBerry, Microsoft and Symbian complete the top five with 5.4 percent (1.9 percent drop), 3.2 percent (up 0.2 percent) and 0.5 percent (same share), respectively.

With Google I/O just months away and Apple reportedly announcing the iPhone 5S in June, it will continue to be a very close race.

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The Next Web

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