Apple's smartphones take up the majority of the US market, while
Android is the top smartphone OS in the nation.
By comScore's calculcations, 169 million mobile phone owners in the
US have smartphones, which accounts for about 70% of all mobile users.
Apple claims 41.9% of these users, while Samsung commands 27.8%,
LG with 6.5%, Motorola with 6.3%, and HTC with 5.1%.
From a device standpoint, the disparity between Samsung and
Apple's numbers are fairly significant; Apple is certainly the king
when it comes to hardware in the US. Samsung is head and shoulders
above the Android competition, with over 22% more handsets sold
than any other Android manufacturer. The OS market share is a
different story, however. Android commands 52.1% of the
smartphone OS market share, whereas Apple accounts for
41.9%. Microsoft, BlackBerry, and Symbian account for
only 3.4%, 2.3%, and 0.1%, respectively. If you wanted to know
what the top smartphone applications that people were using on
their devices, comScore also provided a top 15 list of them as
well: Facebook, Google Play Store, YouTube, Google Search,
and Pandora Radio round out the top five.
