3:02 AM
Diana D'Cruz
Research firm comScore has just released the latest figures on the smartphone market in the United States, which accounts for the quarter ending in August, just before the launch of the new iPhone , and during the trial vs Apple. Samsung .
After reading this study, the first thing you notice is that the market shares of mobile phone manufacturers do not move much. While Samsung is a strong leader but stagnated at 25.7%, LG regresses to 18.2% (-0.9% on a quarter) and Apple increased to 17.1% (+2.1%). Finally, Motorola has continued to decline to 11.2% (-0.8%) and HTC rose slightly to 6.3% (+0.2%).
More than 116 million people in the U.S. have a smartphone and this figure is increasing by 6% from the previous quarter. Regarding the most common platforms, Google is still way ahead with 52.6% (+1.7%) and Apple follows with 34.3% (+2.4%). RIM continues to fall with 8.3% (-3.1%!), Microsoft and Symbian regress slightly (-0.4%).
What about those numbers? I think Apple can clearly pass LG in the ranking of manufacturers with the launch of the iPhone 5, and that RIM and Microsoft still risk losing market share as their mobile BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone 8 are not out.
