Google Android and Apple iOS are continuing to gain marketshare in the US at the expense of Windows Phone and BlackBerry, with just under half of all US smartphones now running Android, according to new US marketshare figures for the quarter ending January 2012.
US smartphone platform marketshare figures released by market research firm ComScore show that the marketshare for Android grew to 48.6% (up 2.3% over the previous quarter), and iOS reached 29.5% (up 1.4%).
The news was less rosy for Microsoft’s Windows Mobile (down 1% to 4.4%) and Research in Motion’s BlackBerry (down 2.0% to 15.2%).
Figures also show significant changes in how consumers use their mobile phones, with a 4.8% increase in the number of users using downloaded apps (an increase to 48.6%) and a 4.5% increase in the number of consumers using their mobile browser (an increase to 48.5%).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
COMMENTS
SmartCompany is committed to hosting lively discussions. Help us keep the conversation useful, interesting and welcoming. We aim to publish comments quickly in the interest of promoting robust conversation, but we’re a small team and we deploy filters to protect against legal risk. Occasionally your comment may be held up while it is being reviewed, but we’re working as fast as we can to keep the conversation rolling.
The SmartCompany comment section is members-only content. Please subscribe to leave a comment.
The SmartCompany comment section is members-only content. Please login to leave a comment.