Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Android and iOS Platforms Growing, All Others Shrinking

More than 107 million people in the U.S. owned smart phones during the three months ending in April, up six percent over January 2012, according to comScore. 


Google Android ranked as the top smartphone platform with 50.8 percent market share (up 2.2 percentage points). Apple’s share of the smartphone market increased 1.9 percentage points to 31.4 percent. RIM ranked third with 11.6 percent share, followed by Microsoft (4.0 percent) and Symbian (1.3 percent), comScore says



Top Smartphone Platforms
3 Month Avg. Ending Apr. 2012 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Jan. 2012
Total U.S. Smartphone Subscribers Ages 13+
Source: comScore MobiLens
 Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers
Jan-12Apr-12Point Change
Total Smartphone Subscribers100.0%100.0%N/A
Google48.6%50.8%2.2
Apple29.5%31.4%1.9
RIM15.2%11.6%-3.6
Microsoft4.4%4.0%-0.4
Symbian1.5%1.3%-0.2

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