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Nielsen: Android takes 40 percent share in U.S.

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 03 Sep 2011 11:38 User comments (3)

Nielsen: Android takes 40 percent share in U.S. According to Nielsen's latest data, Android has moved to 40 percent smartphone OS market share in the U.S.
The numbers, for the three month period ended July, saw Android and iOS gain at the expense of Windows Mobile and BlackBerry.

Android is now at 40 percent, iOS is at 28 percent, and RIM BlackBerry is at 19 percent.

Rounding out the rest are Windows Mobile, Bada, Symbian and Windows Phone 7, accounting for 13 percent.

Finally, smartphones have now moved to 40 percent share, with the figure expected to jump over 50 percent by the Q2 2012.

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3 user comments

14.9.2011 01:05

It is hard to believe any of these surveys when they all conflict so much...some say that android had 60% a year ago, this one says only 40% now.

24.9.2011 16:19

Originally posted by KillerBug:
It is hard to believe any of these surveys when they all conflict so much...some say that android had 60% a year ago, this one says only 40% now.
Impossible it was 60% a year ago...

36.9.2011 01:19
llongtheD
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It means about as much as Howard Stern saying he is the king of all media, or Michael Jackson saying he's the king of pop, excuse me the queen of pop. Nothing against android, but these little research firms are popping up like weeds now. Apple has an installed base of idiot reviewers.

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