Nielsen: Apple is the leading manufacturer, iOS the #2 platform

The June Nielsen numbers are out for the US smartphone market and they uphold the trend we have been seeing for the past several months. Android is the leading smartphone platform with a 39% marketshare, while iOS grabs 28% to claim second spot. RIM's BlackBerry OS slides into third with a 20% marketshare.

When these numbers are broken down by manufacturer, Apple is the clear leader. Though Android grabs a majority 39% of the overall US smartphone market, its share is spread among more than four manufacturers with leader HTC (14%) edging out Motorola (11%). Apple is the sole manufacturer of iOS devices and doubles HTC's 14% share with a 28% market grab.

[Via AllThingsD]

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Source: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=28516

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Dennis D. McDonald

Another question I have -- and this is relevant to my own pending smartphone purchase -- are all the Android phones out there the same in terms of the software version and the capabilities the phones have? Do all Android phones have the same software update schedules? Or are some manufacturers lagging behind in moving to the next Android version?

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Shannon Doherty

No, they are not. They all have differing software versions and capabilities, whether they are new or old and even brand new phones may differ by software versions from different manufacturers (or maybe even the same manufacturer). Not all Android phones have the same software update schedules either -- some (in fact, I think you can almost safely say most) do indeed lag behind. This is what is referred to as fragmentation.

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Shannon Doherty

Is Android really ahead when you consider iOS on iPad and iPod Touch too?

July 28 2011 at 11:03 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Technoviking

"Apple is the sole manufacturer of iOS devices and doubles HTC's 14% share with a 28% market grab."

HTC's market share is 20% from that graph.

July 28 2011 at 9:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Danny Zumwalt

Really though, it's

1. Apple - 28%
2. RIM - 20%,
2t. HTC - 20%
4. Motorola - 18%
5. Samsung - 10%

for the top 5 manufacturer's when you combine the numbers between OS.

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Shannon Doherty

And for actual platform, is Android really ahead when you consider iOS on iPad and iPod Touch?

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Shannon Doherty

What's the problem with asking this question? Based just on platform (including all devices including smartphones and tablets, etc), iOS vs Android, which is ahead? It's a different question.

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