While it may come in many different flavours, from donuts to eclairs, there is no doubting the facts that ComScore have reported. While Google Android may be 4th in the US Smartphone market in terms of market share, it’s the only one that’s gaining, and gaining fast it is.
During the three months from March to May, 49.1 million consumers in the U.S. owned smartphones, and out of RIM, Apple, Microsoft, Google and Palm – Google was the only one that gained any market share, in fact it gained an impressive 4% of the market in those 3 months.
Even Apple lost some of it’s subscribers, however we must bare in mind that these figures don’t include the recently released iPhone 4 which will probably see Apple’s figures jump up a bit next month. It also appears that smartphones in general are becoming more popular as well since the number of them on the market has increased 8.1% in the last 3 months.
However Apple won’t jump up to much, since most of the buyers of the new iPhone are already iPhone owners, just upgrading their devices, so I wouldn’t expect their levels of growth to be as large as say….. Androids!
Blackberry is still leading the crowd with an impressive 41.7% with Apple following up second place with24.4%, then Microsoft with 13.2% and Google with 13%. Poor Palm is following up at the rear with a measly 4.8% of the market.
Credit: ComScore
Google’s Android platform really appears to be taking off, its come from nothing to holding 13% of the market in just over a year, I think that’s a fairly impressive feat. They got into the market at just the right time and have really helped drive the growth of the industry. Every other Smartphone platform lost market share to Android in those 3 months.
It just goes to show, having an open platform really does make a difference, are you listening Apple?
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