Android leads US Smartphone market

Android leads US Smartphone market  According to the latest figures released, Google's Android platform has remained the dominant platform in the smartphone market in the US market during the quarter till June 2013. The figures from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. showed that Android platform accounted for 51.5 per cent of sales in the smartphone market, ahead of Apple's iOS platform at 42.5 per cent during the quarter.

The market share of Windows Phones rose 1.1 per cent to 4 per cent of total smartphone sales in the smartphone market. Google's open source platform has been increasing dominance in the smartphone market ever since t0 took over Apple's iOS in the number of smartphones sold in the market.

Telecom service provider, Verizon has remained the leading carrier and was the only player to increase its share by 1.9 per cent over the same quarter of the previous year to 36.9 per cent. AT&T remained in the second position with a market share of 26.5 per cent, Sprint was in the third position at 13.8 per cent and T-Mobile in fourth position at 10 per cent.

Kantar Worldpanel ComTech global consumer insight director Dominic Sunnebo states, "Verizon continues to lead in this second quarter of 2013, driven by its ability to provide a range of highly demanded brands and models, which has ultimately led to the carrier capturing the most sales from all three top OS brands."