Apple Gains a Point in US Market Penetration for 3 Months Ending in July, ComScore Says
Apple held a dominant lead in U.S. smartphone market share for the three months ending in July, a report from comScore said Thursday. Apple gained a percentage point from the April period, moving to 44.2 percent, while second-place Samsung slipped…
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a point to 27.3 percent share. Third-place LG held virtually steady with 8.7 percent share, as did fourth-place Motorola at 4.9 percent, comScore said. HTC rounded out the top five with 3.5 percent of U.S. subscribers, it said. Android was the top smartphone platform in July with 51.4 percent market share, followed by Apple with 44.2 percent, Microsoft with 2.9 percent, BlackBerry with 1.3 percent and Symbian with 0.1 percent, it said. The top five apps were Facebook, Facebook Messenger, YouTube, Google Search and Google Play, it said.