Smartphone wars: Samsung, Apple gain in mobile market
South Korea’s Samsung was the top manufacturer with 26.3% market share.
WASHINGTON:
Samsung extended its lead as the top mobile phone maker in the US market and Apple moved into second place, an industry tracker said Friday. A survey by comScore showed that in the three-month period ending in October, South Korea’s Samsung was the top manufacturer with 26.3% market share, up from 25.6% in the prior period. Apple, which sells only smartphones, moved into second place in the US market for the first time, with a 17.8% market share, up 1.5 percentage points. South Korean maker LG was third at 17.6%, followed by Motorola at 11%. The survey showed Google’s Android system gained ground as the leading smartphone platform, with 53.6% of the market, up from 52.2%. Apple’s iOS platform for its iPhones remained in second place, and gained 0.9 points of market share to 34.3%, comScore said. BlackBerry maker Research in Motion saw its share slip further from 9.5% to 7.8% in the period.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 2nd, 2012.
Samsung extended its lead as the top mobile phone maker in the US market and Apple moved into second place, an industry tracker said Friday. A survey by comScore showed that in the three-month period ending in October, South Korea’s Samsung was the top manufacturer with 26.3% market share, up from 25.6% in the prior period. Apple, which sells only smartphones, moved into second place in the US market for the first time, with a 17.8% market share, up 1.5 percentage points. South Korean maker LG was third at 17.6%, followed by Motorola at 11%. The survey showed Google’s Android system gained ground as the leading smartphone platform, with 53.6% of the market, up from 52.2%. Apple’s iOS platform for its iPhones remained in second place, and gained 0.9 points of market share to 34.3%, comScore said. BlackBerry maker Research in Motion saw its share slip further from 9.5% to 7.8% in the period.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 2nd, 2012.