Apple Extends Smartphone Market Share Lead Over Samsung [Chart]

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Posted April 4, 2013 at 7:47pm by iClarified

Apple has extended its smartphone market share lead over Samsung and is closing the gap on Android, according to the latest comScore report.

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.

Notably, iOS increased its market share while Android actually decreased in market share, according to the report.

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).

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Apple Extends Smartphone Market Share Lead Over Samsung [Chart]

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NoGoodNick - April 5, 2013 at 4:29pm

Once again, a new phone and the huge holiday sales are just a temporary blip. Now iPhone sales will fall as others release their new phones, until Apple releases the iPhone 5S and we start the whole damn rat race again. Why even bother reporting who's currently ahead at any given point? How about just reporting forecasting trends for the entire year?

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Wow13 - April 5, 2013 at 12:18am

USA: The last bastion of iPhone! Soon they will crack!