Android users accounted for 50.9 percent of the U.S. smartphone market while iOS garnered 31.9 percent according to research firm comScore's MobiLens service which surveyed 30,000 mobile subscribers during the three months ending in May.
Both of the top two operating systems managed modest gains but Apple more than doubled Android's growth with the Google OS seeing a 0.8 point during the three months while iOS added 1.7 percent over the same period. The change is reflective of the most recent findings from April which saw a negative month-to-month growth for Android. Google eked out a monthly growth of 0.1 points from April to May as next-closest competitor Apple grew 0.5 poins over the same month.
RIM came in a distant third for the three-month period ending in May and managed 11.4 percent, a substantial two percent drop from the beginning of February as the embattled BlackBerry maker undergoes massive restructuring and corporate turmoil. Microsoft's share grew 0.1 percent to finish May with 4 percent of the market while the defunct Symbian OS rounded out the top five with 1.1 percent dropping 0.4 points.
Source: comScore
Of the 234 million Americans age 13 and older using mobile devices, smartphone owners accounted for a healthy 110 million users at the end of May, up 5 percent from February.
Samsung retained its crown as the nation's top combined feature phone and smartphone OEM with a commanding 25.7 percent share of the market, up 0.1 percent from three months ago and was followed by Korean handset maker LG's 19.1 percent share. Apple continued to exhibit signs of growth on strong sales of the newest iPhone 4S and grew 1.5 percentage points to claim 15 percent of the market. Motorola and HTC trailed the pack and managed 12 percent and 6.1 percent, respectively.
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After spending several hours at Tampa International Airport this last weekend I have to say it was a sea of Apple devices and hardly anything else in sight.
But, but 1M activations?!?!
Most surprising is thechange comes during the iPhone 4S being halfway through its yearly cycle. Also, it's based on the total market percentage. If we only look at the relative growth then iOS for iPhone grew 5.6% whilst Android grew 1.16%. No matter how to you cut it Android's market growth is stagnating even more devices that can technically run Android OS are being used for devices that aren't what I'd call a modern smartphone. The only growth it's seeing, as noted by their suspicious activation numbers, appear to be from the overall growth of the market itself. [quote name="digitalclips" url="/t/151044/apple-ios-market-growth-doubles-android-over-last-three-months-report-says#post_2138745"]After spending several hours at Tampa International Airport this last weekend I have to say it was a sea of Apple devices and hardly anything else in sight.[/quote] You never know, many of Samsung devices look like Apple devices. [size=4]????[/size]
[quote name="SolipsismX" url="/t/151044/apple-ios-market-growth-doubles-android-over-last-three-months-report-says#post_2138754"]Most surprising is thechange comes during the iPhone 4S being halfway through its yearly cycle. Also, it's based on the total market percentage. If we only look at the relative growth then iOS for iPhone grew 5.6% whilst Android grew 1.16%. No matter how to you cut it Android's market growth is stagnating even more devices that can technically run Android OS are being used for devices that aren't what I'd call a modern smartphone. The only growth it's seeing, as noted by their suspicious activation numbers, appear to be from the overall growth of the market itself. You never know, many of Samsung devices look like Apple devices. [size=4]????[/size][/quote] it is stagnatting in the US and countries where smartphone market= handset market. in china and europe? it won't slow down soon.
in china and europe? it won't slow down soon.
First appearance of a massive Android virus I predict the Chinese government bans Android.