Apple's iPhone holds 40% share of US smartphone market

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in iPhone edited January 2014
The iPhone has kept Apple in the number one spot among manufacturers for the U.S. smartphone market yet again, with Apple's bestselling device actually growing its share from the previous quarter.



The newest figures from comScore MobiLens and Mobile Matrix show Apple with a 40.4 percent share of U.S. smartphone subscribers for the three months ending July 2013. That figure is up 1.2 percent from Apple's share in the three months ending April 2013.

Samsung saw its share grow 2.1 points in the three months, but the South Korean conglomerate remained a distant second to Apple among manufacturers. In third and fourth place, HTC and Motorola both lost share, dropping to eight and 6.9 percent, respectively. In fifth place, HTC saw its share tick up just one-tenth of one point to 6.8 percent.

Overall, Google's Android platform remains the most popular operating system in the United States, with 51.8 percent share of the market. That figure, though, is down 0.2 points from April, while Apple's share rose 1.2 points. As Apple is the sole provider of both the iPhone and the iOS platform that powers it, its 40.4 percent share as a manufacturer is identical to iOS' share among mobile platforms.



The ever-struggling BlackBerry saw its share continuing to drop, shedding almost a full point to end July with 4.3 percent of the smartphone market. Microsoft's Windows Phone platform, though boosted by improving sales of Nokia's Lumia line, remained steady at three percent share for the three months.

comScore's latest figures are in the same line as previous studies by other industry analysts. Those examinations have found Apple picking up steam in the U.S. market, with Android maintaining the majority but slipping all the while. Together, the two platforms account for more than nine out of ten smartphones shipped worldwide.
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  • Reply 1 of 34

    No, it doesn't. It holds roughly 10%. The newspapers told me so, because Android is shipping more. The newspapers can't possibly be lying.

  • Reply 2 of 34

    How about Nokia? Would prefer to see HTC growing instead of Samsung :(

     

    Will be interesting to see the US and worldwide numbers over the next couple quarters (although I don't have any skin in the game).

  • Reply 3 of 34
    This is pretty impressive when you consider the S4 and the HTC One were both introduced in this quarter.
  • Reply 4 of 34
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    No, it doesn't. It holds roughly 10%. The newspapers told me so, because Android is shipping more. The newspapers can't possibly be lying.

    What did your research tell you?
  • Reply 5 of 34
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    How about Nokia? Would prefer to see HTC growing instead of Samsung :(

    Will be interesting to see the US and worldwide numbers over the next couple quarters (although I don't have any skin in the game).

    I too was hoping for better numbers from HTC but I guess people aren't really all that impressed with build quality.
  • Reply 6 of 34
    Originally Posted by dasanman69 View Post

    What did your research tell you?

     

    40%. Possibly even a little more.

  • Reply 7 of 34

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    Split Android into the following and it's not so impressive: Jelly Bean 33%, Ice Cream Sandwich 25.6% and Gingerbread is at 36.5%. Android 2.2 Froyo still has a sliver of the platform. iOS on the other hand has 93% of the users on iOS 6.

  • Reply 8 of 34
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    I too was hoping for better numbers from HTC but I guess people aren't really all that impressed with build quality.

     

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    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post

     

     

    40%. Possibly even a little more.


     

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    I too was hoping for better numbers from HTC but I guess people aren't really all that impressed with build quality.

    I suspect the HTC One would be a bigger seller if it wasn't for the OS.  I currently use a factory unlocked iPhone 4S (a flip Razr before that), but I think the One is a very sleek phone.  I could see myself owning one, but I'm just not crazy about Android.  I've used an iPhone, the Galaxy S3 and a Nokia Lumia 520.  I would pick the Lumia over the One only because of the OS.  

     

    That One though, oh so pretty.  Also, the speakers on the front - why has Apple not done this?  Makes complete sense.

  • Reply 9 of 34
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
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    Split Android into the following and it's not so impressive: Jelly Bean 33%, Ice Cream Sandwich 25.6% and Gingerbread is at 36.5%. Android 2.2 Froyo still has a sliver of the platform. iOS on the other hand has 93% of the users on iOS 6.

    It's no longer the problem that it seems to be.

    http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/balky-carriers-and-slow-oems-step-aside-google-is-defragging-android/
  • Reply 10 of 34
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    Split Android into the following and it's not so impressive: Jelly Bean 33%, Ice Cream Sandwich 25.6% and Gingerbread is at 36.5%. Android 2.2 Froyo still has a sliver of the platform. iOS on the other hand has 93% of the users on iOS 6.


     

    I still shake my head every time I hear these silly, childish software names.

     

    Reminds me of Hello Kitty, for some reason. (Perhaps it's their newest one, Kit Kat, that rings that bell).

  • Reply 11 of 34
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    CREATOR: gd-jpeg v1.0 (using IJG JPEG v62), quality = 90

     

     

    Split Android into the following and it's not so impressive: Jelly Bean 33%, Ice Cream Sandwich 25.6% and Gingerbread is at 36.5%. Android 2.2 Froyo still has a sliver of the platform. iOS on the other hand has 93% of the users on iOS 6.


     

    I don't know ... Either camp can find stats to crow about. Let's just be happy that, as customers, we have choice, and good ones at that.

  • Reply 12 of 34
    This is pretty impressive when you consider the S4 and the HTC One were both introduced in this quarter.

    Good point. Has Samsung or HTC given any sales number lately? Or do we still have to rely on analysts' estimates?

    There was a lot of hoopla when when the HTC One came out... but clearly it didn't move the needle too much in the US.

    And it gets even worse around the world. Last quarter, for instance, there were 180 million Android smartphones sold. How many of them were these well-known flagships?

    Tech blogs only talk about a few certain models... Galaxy S4, HTC One, Moto X, Nexus 4, etc... but overall those models make up a small percentage of total Android sales.
  • Reply 13 of 34
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    muadibe wrote: »

    I suspect the HTC One would be a bigger seller if it wasn't for the OS.  I currently use a factory unlocked iPhone 4S (a flip Razr before that), but I think the One is a very sleek phone.  I could see myself owning one, but I'm just not crazy about Android.  I've used an iPhone, the Galaxy S3 and a Nokia Lumia 520.  I would pick the Lumia over the One only because of the OS.  

    That One though, oh so pretty.  Also, the speakers on the front - why has Apple not done this?  Makes complete sense.

    Ok but then how would you explain the number of sales of Samsung devices running the very same OS? It's very late in the game for HTC to come up with yet another platform and confuse consumers even more.
  • Reply 14 of 34
    News like this makes me even more paranoid about the seriousness of the mainstrean news organizations, with these particular examples: The HuffingtonPost, The Guardian and the BBC.
    Those three ignore any information that points against their talking points - Apple Is Dead Already.
  • Reply 15 of 34
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    It's no longer the problem that it seems to be.



    http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/balky-carriers-and-slow-oems-step-aside-google-is-defragging-android/

     

    This only affects Google apps and services. 3rd party developers still have to deal with fragmentation of APIs between Android versions (+hardware variations) which is the really important thing here when it comes to the app ecosystem.

     

    Ultimately raw market share numbers don't mean a thing for consumers. It only matters in the way it affects app and accessory support, for which iOS is still superior despite its smaller marketshare.

     

    Cheap crippled phones running old versions of Android should be counted separately, as they do little to improve the Android ecosystem as they are mostly used as feature phones.

  • Reply 16 of 34
    jfc1138jfc1138 Posts: 3,090member
    60% to go!

    GROWTH!
  • Reply 17 of 34
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    ochyming wrote: »
    News like this makes me even more paranoid about the seriousness of the mainstrean news organizations, with these particular examples: The HuffingtonPost, The Guardian and the BBC.
    Those three ignore any information that points against their talking points - Apple Is Dead Already.

    People disregard all types of stuff, we all practice 'positive self deception' and it's quite normal, so imagine if we lie to ourselves how easy is it to lie to others or better yet to tell them our truth.
  • Reply 18 of 34
    sockrolidsockrolid Posts: 2,789member

    Originally Posted by AppleInsider View Post



    In third and fourth place, HTC and Motorola both lost share, dropping to eight and 6.9 percent, respectively. In fifth place, HTC saw its share tick up just one-tenth of one point to 6.8 percent.

     

    Will be fun to watch them struggle for survival over the next year or two.  (In the mobile space, that is.)

    Motorola might win.  Google has blown too much money on Moto to give up easily.

    Then again, there's nothing preventing Google from selling off Moto, if they can find a bigger sucker.

  • Reply 19 of 34
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    vl-tone wrote: »
    This only affects Google apps and services. 3rd party developers still have to deal with fragmentation of APIs between Android versions (+hardware variations) which is the really important thing here when it comes to the app ecosystem.

    Ultimately raw market share numbers don't mean a thing for consumers. It only matters in the way it affects app and accessory support, for which iOS is still superior despite its smaller marketshare.

    Cheap crippled phones running old versions of Android should be counted separately, as they do little to improve the Android ecosystem as they are mostly used as feature phones.

    Not true, developers can write apps that look, feel and function like they were written for the latest version of Android but have them run on legacy versions of Android.
  • Reply 20 of 34
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    People disregard all types of stuff, we all practice 'positive self deception' and it's quite normal, so imagine if we lie to ourselves how easy is it to lie to others or better yet to tell them our truth.

     

    Indeed!

    Perhaps it is the market share mindset at work.
    May help sell ads.

    Well, i see the same lack of seriousness regarding politics, why not tech.
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