Meanwhile, Apple and
Android-powered smartphones continued to dominate the US market, where both
platforms increased shares evidently at the expense of BlackBerry handsets made
by Canada-based Research In Motion.
Samsung remained the top
smartphone in the United States with an unchanged 25.7 percent of the market at
the end of August while Apple's portion grew to 17.1 percent as compared to 15
percent in May, according to comScore.
Motorola and LG both lost just
shy of a percent of market share to finish August with 11.2 percent and 18.2
percent of the US market respectively.
The number of smartphone owners
in the United States grew six percent to 116.5 million in the three-month
period that ended with the start of September.
Google-backed Android software
remained the most popular smartphone platform with its share of the market
growing 1.7 percent to 52.6 percent. Apple's bite grew 2.4 percent to 34.3
percent, according to comScore.
Apple's portion of the US
market is expected to get even bigger given the record-breaking pace of sales
of the latest-generation iPhone 5 model released last month.
Apple and Android gains in the
quarter came at the expense of BlackBerry handsets made by Canada-based
Research In Motion and smartphones powered by Microsoft or Symbian software,
according to comScore figures.
RIM's share of the US market
slid 3.1 percent to 8.3 percent while Microsoft and Symbian shed .4 percent
each to drop to 3.6 and .7 percent respectively.
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