Android and iPhone Own Nearly The Entire U.S. Smartphone Market

latest data nielsen suggests between 2 of them, android , apple's ios have relegated other smartphone operating systems sub-single digit market share. closest competitor -- rim's blackberry -- counted 5% of u.s. smartphone purchases in past 3 months. other operating systems, including windows phone, symbian, hp/palm's webos , others, added 4% share combined.

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overall, android continues lead smartphone market in u.s., 48 percent of smartphone owners saying owned android os device. third (32.1%) of smartphone users have apple iphone, , blackberry owners represented 11.6 percent of smartphone market. among recent acquirers got smartphone within last 3 months, 48 percent of surveyed in february said chose android , 43 percent bought iphone.

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android's performance pretty constant, 48% of existing smartphone owners , 48% of new smartphone purchasers choosing android phones.

apple's iphone has been more popular of late, recent release of iphone 4s. iphone device of choice 32% of current smartphone owners, has made 43% of recent smartphone purchases -- entirely @ expense of blackberry , other small-share operating systems.

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i guess "research in motion" didn't research enough stay on top

i'm glad see this, supporting blackberries sucked supporting ios , android easy.

 

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