December 30, 2011
An Android smartphone displays the Google website in this picture illustration in Seoul September 7, 2011. — Reuters pic
LOS
ANGELES, Jan 1 — Market intelligence firm Nielsen has named Apple the
top smartphone manufacturer in the US in its end-of-year recap.
Apple may have triumphed over rival smartphone makers such as HTC and
Research In Motion (RIM) in 2011 but its iOS platform was no match for
Google’s Android platform in terms of mobile operating market share,
said market researcher the NPD Group in a separate report.
NPD found that Android had grown to command 53 percent of the
smartphone market in the US in the period from January through to
October 2011 while Apple’s iOS platform represented 29 percent of all
smartphone operating systems on the market.
Apple’s iPhone accounted for just under one third (29 per cent) of
new smartphone purchases in the US from August to October, said Nielsen.
A further 21 percent of mobile phone users who recently purchased a
new smartphone in the country opted for a device made by HTC. RIM’s
BlackBerry smartphones commanded a 17 per cent share of new smartphone
purchases in the US, putting the smartphone maker in third place, and
Samsung and Motorola were tied for fourth and fifth with 11 per cent
percent of the market each.
With both the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and
Mobile World Congress (MWC) on the horizon in 2012, most smartphone
makers are gearing up for a season of high-profile handset announcements
and mobile operating system updates. — AFP/Relaxnews
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I'm happy to have an iPhone. :)
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