ComScore: Android Phones Continue Gaining Share

Release Date 5 Nov, 2011 in PC Magazine

 
   

ComScore: Android Phones Continue Gaining Share

PC Magazine - 5 Nov, 2011
The market share of Android phones continued its upward march, evidenced by numbers released by comScore on Friday. RIM, meanwhile, continued its decline. A day Nielsen released its own analysis, comScore said that the total number of ...

Android now accounts for nearly 45% of US smartphone users

Computerworld - 5 Nov, 2011
Computerworld - More US smartphone users turned to Android in the third quarter, accounting for nearly 44.8% of some 87 million users, ComScore reported Friday. Android, running on many brands of smartphones from several vendors, ...

43% of US mobile phone users own a smartphone, survey says

Los Angeles Times - ‎Nov 3, 2011‎
Smartphones are becoming increasingly popular, with 43% of US mobile phone subscribers owning one, according to Nielsen's third-quarter survey of mobile users. The numbers are even higher for younger consumers. Sixty-two percent of adults 25 to 34 ...

Android Use Grows In Q3 2011; Google's OS Remains Leading US Smartphone ...

Huffington Post - ‎Nov 3, 2011‎
Android continues its reign as the leading smartphone platform of choice among US smartphone users. Overall, Nielsen found, 43 percent of Americans with mobile phones have smartphones, while 57 percent have feature phones. That's a 5-percent increase ...

Report: If you're under 45, you probably own a smartphone

msnbc.com - ‎Nov 3, 2011‎
If you're under the age of 45, you might have noticed that your peers seem to be gravitating toward more smartphones, a trend that Nielsen says is most prominent for mobile subscribers ages 25 to 34. Nielsen's findings for the ...

Moving up in age, 39 percent of mobile users ages 45 to 54 have a smartphone.

CNET - ‎Nov 3, 2011‎
Smartphone usage is growing even among those 55 to 64. Though only 30 percent of people in this age range own a smartphone, that number is 5 points higher than Nielsen saw in the second quarter. In the never-ending Android vs. Apple smartphone contest ...

Smartphone sales surge with younger demographics (survey)

ZDNet (blog) - ‎Nov 3, 2011‎
Summary: Young professionals are more likely than not to own smartphones, but another demographic is quickly picking up advanced mobile phones more than one might expect. This might not come as a surprise ...

Android Continues to Dominate, Gain Mobile US Market Share

PC Magazine - ‎Nov 3, 2011‎
Google's Android was the only mobile operating system to expand its US market share in the third quarter, according to Thursday figures from Nielsen. Android increased its market share to 43 percent, up from 39 percent in the second quarter ...

Most Young Adults in US Now Own Smartphones, Survey Says

New York Times (blog) - ‎Nov 3, 2011‎
Smartphone ownership in the United States is on the rise. But a survey by Nielsen suggest that it is happening among some age groups faster than others. Nielsen's third-quarter survey of mobile phone users found that 43 percent of them ...

Apple the only phone maker to show US subscriber growth since June

Apple Insider - 5 Nov, 2011
By AppleInsider Staff Apple was the only top-5 phone manufacturer to grow its slice of the US mobile subscriber market during the third quarter while its share rose above 10% for the first time, according to a new report. Market research firm comScore ...

Apple's iPhone Represents 28 Percent of Smartphones in US

Touch Reviews - 5 Nov, 2011
Apple has conducted 5 successful iPhone launches since 2007, and has experienced extreme positive response to each of the releases. New data from Nielson's report revealed that Apple is still holding the number one spot for leading US smartphone maker. ...

ComScore: The Smartphone Market is a Two-Horse Race

The Mac Observer - 5 Nov, 2011
ComScore released data today showing that Samsung is the top mobile phone manufacturer and Android is the leading operating system for smartphones. The data also showed that Apple was the only other company to gain share, and the company did so in both ...

ComScore: Android Powers 45% of US Smartphones

Broadcasting & Cable - 5 Nov, 2011
By George Winslow -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/4/2011 5:53:14 PM New comScore data on mobile usage shows the number of smart phones continues to grow rapidly, increasing 12% from June of 2011 to 87.4 million in Sept. of 2011, and that the Android ...

iPhone 5 Release Date: One in Ten Americans Own an iPhone

Christian Post - 5 Nov, 2011
One in every 10 citizens of the United States owns an iPhone, according to a report released from comScore, a research firm, today. “Of the 234 million Americans age 13 and older, 10.2 percent owned an iPhone ...

ComScore Report: One In 10 Americans Own An iPhone But Google Still Rules The ...

The Inquisitr - 5 Nov, 2011
Analytic firm ComScore on Friday released a report in which they reveal that Apple is now used by one in 10 Americans. The study shows that for the first time Apple as a single manufacturer has passed the 10% mark (10.2%) based on market share. ...

comScore: Android gains market share, RIM falls back

The Hill (blog) - 5 Nov, 2011
The latest data from comScore on the mobile market shows Google's Android smartphone operating system gained market share over the three-month period ending in November while Research In Motion's BlackBerry ...

comScore: Android still way ahead, but Apple now grabs 10% US market share

SlashGear - 5 Nov, 2011
Research firm comScore has just released a US smartphone market report for the period ending in September 2011, revealing as expected that Android is still way ahead of the pack, but that Apple continues to grow steadily. In fact, one in ten mobile ...

Android moves to 43 percent US smartphone market share

Afterdawn.com - 5 Nov, 2011
According to the latest figures by Nielsen, Android has moved to 43 percent market share of the US smartphone market. Apple remained firmly in second with 28 percent share following another strong quarter of iPhone sales. ...

Report: 87 Million Americans own a Smartphone

Digital Home - 5 Nov, 2011
Over 234 million Americans age 13 and older used mobile devices in the third quarter with over a third of them " 87.4 million " saying they owned a smartphones according to a recent report by comScore. The number of smartphone owners was up 12 percent ...

comScore: One in ten people over 13 in the US own an iPhone " and that was ...

9 to 5 Mac - 5 Nov, 2011
Research firm comScore today released September 2011 mobile subscriber market share data for the United States and the results bode well for Apple's handset. Of the 234 million Americans age 13 and older, 10.2 percent owned an iPhone during the third ...

Smartphones are quickly killing off feature phones - study

IntoMobile - 5 Nov, 2011
The Nielsen survey company has collected some pretty solid numbers obtained through its third quarter study, which validate Android as the top dog among smartphone operating systems. In the research study, 43 percent of people polled claimed they owned ...

The Smartphone Market Could Be Topping Out

Seeking Alpha - 5 Nov, 2011
Evidence is growing that most of the comsumers who might want a smartphone already have one. A Nielsen report on the space, covered by CNET, shows over half of mobile users under age 44 now have a smartphone. Older-style “feature phones” still dominate ...

Android leads US smartphone market

Minnesota Daily (blog) - 5 Nov, 2011
A third quarter Neilson survey of smartphone users reveals 43 percent use Android-based devices, with Apple's iPhone finishing second with 28 percent, followed by RIM's Blackberry with 18 percent. Android increased its market share by 4 percent since ...

Smartphone Ownership on the Rise Among Most Age Groups

TMC Net - 5 Nov, 2011
Telling the difference between a regular cellphone and a smartphone can be a bit confusing. Most people just assume that everyone owns a smartphone today, while a new study shows that in reality the smartphone ...

Android Continues to Gain Market Share

XBiz - 5 Nov, 2011
LOS ANGELES " Android continues to dominate the smartphone market share, while iPhone remained the same, according to new findings from Nielsen. According to the numbers, smartphones account for 43 percent of the market in Q3, ...

Android retains 43 per cent US smartphone market share

Mobile Entertainment - 5 Nov, 2011
Can we ever sate your hunger for Android stats ? No? Oh go on then, read on. Nielsen says Android maintained its lead in October, with iPhone at 28 per cent, BlackBerry at eight per cent, and Windows at seven per cent. ...

Smartphone Use Up In All Age Groups

RedOrbit - 5 Nov, 2011
Nielsen released a survey of mobile phone users this week covering the third quarter of 2011. The survey shows that smartphone use is up in all age groups. The age group with the highest penetration of smartphone users year over year are 25 to 34 year ...

Survey Finds 62% Of 25-34 Mobile Users Have Smartphones

All Access Music Group - 5 Nov, 2011
Radio has been responding to growing smartphone use for some time -- and that turns out to be a smart move. MEDIAPOST reports, "smartphone penetration in the US has not reached that psychologically significant tipping point of 50% quite yet, ...

Smartphone Users on the Rise; Android Gathers More Fans than iOS

DeviceMAG - 5 Nov, 2011
There are many different choices in the market, when it comes to smartphones. And, even though we see many people carrying around a smartphone (if not the latest model), it seems not even half of the population owns a smartphone. ...

Android is the most popular smartphone OS, iOS trails behind sucking its fumes

TweakTown - 5 Nov, 2011
New data is available from Nielsen, which shows that Android is still snowballing in the US, continuing their growth and still retains their glorious crown as the most-used smartphone OS in Q3 2011. Android now accounts for 43-percent of US smartphones ...

 

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