Apple’s US Smartphone Market Share Grows 1.2% to 41.8% , comScore Says

Apple continued to hold a strong grip on the US smartphone market in Q4 of 2013, with a market share of almost 42%, while in terms of smartphone OS’s, Android maintained its No. 1 position, the latest findings from comScore reveal.

After analyzing the holiday season, comScore has found that both Apple and Samsung posted the same 1.2% growth compared to the previous three months ending in September.

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Of the 156 million US smartphone users (65.2% of mobile market penetration, up 3.2% since September 2013), 41.8% opted for an iPhone, the market research company has found. Samsung, on the other hand, accounted for 26.1% of choices, while Motorola and HTC recorded a slight drop in popularity.

In terms of smartphone OS’s, Android lost a small 0.3% of market share between October and December, and iOS grew 1.2%. Still, Android is the No. 1 choice of smartphone buyers in the US, as more than half – 51.5% – opted for Google’s mobile platform. BlackBerry, Microsoft, and Symbian have also lost market share, the comScore chart highlights.

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The comScore report contradicts an earlier CIRP survey, which found that iOS had a market share of 48% in December and claimed that Apple’s OS surpassed Android in the US.

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