Apple has slightly increased its lead as the number one smartphone maker in the United States, says a report from comScore. The iPhone increased its market share by one point in calendar Q1 2015, grabbing 42.6% of the market.
Samsung took second, with 28.3% – down 1.4%. LG, Motorola, and HTC rounded out the top five, as smartphone ownership in the U.S. increased by 3% to 187.5 million people.
Android kept its top spot as most popular mobile platform, grabbing a 52.4% piece of the market pie, while iOS took second with 42.6%. Windows, BlackBerry and Symbian remained basically irrelevant, totaling just 5% between the three platforms.
As far as iOS and Android apps go, comScore showed Facebook as the most popular app, installed on 69.6% of all smartphones. YouTube placed with 55.9%, while Google Play, Google Search, and Facebook Messenger filled out the remaining spots in the top five.
About Mobile Metrix
comScore Mobile Metrix provides mobile audience measurement across smartphones and tablets. Using a combination of panel and census-based measurement methods, Mobile Metrix offers an unduplicated view of mobile browsing and app audiences at the media property, website and individual app level.
About MobiLens
MobiLens data is derived from an intelligent online survey of a nationally representative sample of mobile subscribers age 13 and older. Data on mobile phone usage refers to a respondent’s primary mobile phone and does not include data related to a respondent’s secondary device.
(Via 9to5Mac)
