Apple’s iPhone has continued its upward momentum by extending its smartphone market share lead over Samsung, increasingly closing the gap on Android as a whole, according to the latest numbers released by comScore:
“133.7 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (57 percent mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in February, up 8 percent since November. Apple ranked as the top OEM with 38.9 percent of U.S. smartphone subscribers (up 3.9 percentage points from November). Samsung ranked second with 21.3 percent market share (up 1 percentage point), followed by HTC with 9.3 percent share, Motorola with 8.4 percent and LG with 6.8 percent.”
Not only did Apple increase it’s iOS market share according to the report, but Android’s market share actually decreased:
“Google Android ranked as the top smartphone platform with 51.7 percent market share, while Apple’s share increased 3.9 percentage points to 38.9 percent. BlackBerry ranked third with 5.4 percent share, followed by Microsoft (3.2 percent) and Symbian (0.5 percent).”
[9to5Mac]
