Android Rules US Smartphone Market With 50 Per Cent Share

According to a new survey by comScore, Google's Android continued to grow its share in the U.S. smartphone market in the month of February. The popular Android platform crossed the 50 per cent threshold to capture a majority share for the first time in its history. Its share went up from 46.9 per cent reported earlier in a survey from November.
More than 104 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during the three months ending in February, up 14 per cent versus November. Google Android’s share of the smartphone market eclipsed 50 per cent in February, an increase of 17 percentage points since February 2011. Apple ranked second with 30.2 per cent of the smartphone market (up 5 percentage points versus year ago), followed by RIM at 13.4 per cent, Microsoft at 3.9 per cent and Symbian at 1.5 per cent.

The report also looked at the top manufacturers of mobile devices, including smartphones and non-smartphones. In its survey of more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers, comScore found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 25.6 per cent market share.
Samsung was followed by LG with 19.4 per cent share. Apple captured the #3 ranking in February with 13.5 per cent of mobile subscribers (up 2.3 percentage points), followed by Motorola at 12.8 per cent. HTC moved into the #5 position in February at 6.3 per cent (up 0.4 percentage points).