While Apple stock has indeed decreased over the last few months, the company’s share of the U.S. smartphone market has rather grown, and is now an impressive 39 percent according to data from comScore..............................
This situates Apple ahead of Samsung, with the South Korean companycurrently holding 21.7 percent of the U.S. smartphone market, following a small increase of 0.7 percent between December 2012 and March 2013. Apple, on the other hand, saw a more impressive point change of 2.7 percent between the two quarters, which was no doubt powered by continuing interest in the company’s iPhone 5 handset.
For HTC, Motorola, and LG, however, it’s bad news. All three companies saw a decrease in users between the two quarters, as outlined below:
Top Smartphone OEMs
In terms of smartphone platforms, though, Google’s Android takes the No. 1 spot, and holds a huge 52 percent. However, while Google saw a decrease in its Android user base (of 1.4 percent), Apple’s iOS rather gained 2.7 percent of the market and, in second place, currently holds 39 percent:
Top Smartphone Platforms
Together, Apple and Google control 91 percent of the smartphone platform market, leaving little room for the likes of RIM’s BlackBerry, Microsoft, and Symbian.
With rumors concerning an iPhone 5S and a low-cost “budget” iPhoneheating up, it’s possible that Apple’s share of the above markets will continue to increase through 2013 and into 2014. Indeed, a less expensive handset, which offers customers “the iPhone experience” at a more affordable cost, might have the potential to absorb a percentage of users settling for Android-powered devices.
We’ll keep you updated with further information as we receive it.
In the meantime, see: US Cellular Announces Plan To Begin Carrying Apple Products Later This Year, Stale iOS Devices Mean Declining Fortunes For A Key Apple Supplier, and Could Apple Initially Choose To ‘Test’ Its Low-Cost iPhone In Small Volumes?.
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