Android, Apple Still Going Strong among U.S. Users
Android remains firmly on top, but Apple's iOS also saw a boost in market
Android and Apple continue to bite bigger hunks out of the U.S. smartphone market. As of the three months ended July, Google's mobile OS held a 52.2 percent share of the market, a gain of 1.4 points from the prior three months. In second place, Apple's iOS grabbed 33.4 percent of the market, up 2 points from the prior period. That left the rest of the top five platforms still spinning down the drain.
RIM's BlackBerry OS took third place with a 9.5 percent share, down 2.1 points from the previous three months. Microsoft's Windows Phone took home 3.6 percent of the market, a loss of almost half a percentage point. And Nokia's Symbian trailed with just 0.8 percent of the market, down half a percentage point. For the first time, Samsung's Galaxy S3 surpassed the iPhone as the top-selling smartphone in the U.S. A dip for Apple's flagship phone isn't a surprise, though, as iPhone buyers typically delay purchases in advance of a new model.
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