Google continues to stay on prime in the race for dominance in the American smartphone market, commanding a majority of customers, in keeping with the (*5*). Apple’s fortunes are also on the rise, pushed in half by the discharge of the iPhone 5, which was introduced in late September.
And Microsoft?
It’s nonetheless lagging, displaying simply 3.2 % market share. The decline in all probability is linked to customers holding off on shopping for Home windows Cellphone 7 units in anticipation of Home windows Cellphone 8. That cell working system was launched in late October.
In line with comScore, 121.3 million folks in the U.S. owned smartphones — 51.9 % cell market penetration — in the course of the three months ending in October. That was up 6 % since July.