Google Android Captures #1 Position in Smartphone Market
RESTON, VA, March 7, 2011 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending January 2011. The study surveyed more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers and found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 24.9 percent market share. Google Android took the lead among smartphone platforms with 31.2 percent market share, after two short months in second place.
OEM Market Share
For the three month average period ending in January, 234 million Americans ages 13 and older used mobile devices. Device manufacturer Samsung ranked as the top OEM with 24.9 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers, up 0.7 percentage points from the three month period ending in October. LG ranked second with 20.8 percent share, followed by Motorola (16.5 percent), RIM (8.6 percent) and Apple (7.0 percent).
| Top Mobile OEMs 3 Month Avg. Ending Jan. 2011 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Oct. 2010 Total U.S. Mobile Subscribers Ages 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens | |||
| Share (%) of Mobile Subscribers | |||
| Oct-10 | Jan-11 | Point Change | |
| Total Mobile Subscribers | 100.0% | 100.0% | N/A |
| Samsung | 24.2% | 24.9% | 0.7 |
| LG | 21.0% | 20.8% | -0.2 |
| Motorola | 17.7% | 16.5% | -1.2 |
| RIM | 9.3% | 8.6% | -0.7 |
| Apple | 6.4% | 7.0% | 0.6 |
Smartphone Platform Market Share
65.8 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during the three months ending in January 2011, up 8 percent from the preceding three-month period. Google Android captured the #1 ranking among smartphone platforms for the first time in January with 31.2 percent market share. RIM ranked second with 30.4 percent market share, followed by Apple with 24.7 percent. Microsoft (8.0 percent) and Palm (3.2 percent) rounded out the top five.
| Top Smartphone Platforms 3 Month Avg. Ending Jan. 2011 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Oct. 2010 Total U.S. Smartphone Subscribers Ages 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens | |||
| Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers | |||
| Oct-10 | Jan-11 | Point Change | |
| Total Smartphone Subscribers | 100.0% | 100.0% | N/A |
| 23.5% | 31.2% | 7.7 | |
| RIM | 35.8% | 30.4% | -5.4 |
| Apple | 24.6% | 24.7% | 0.1 |
| Microsoft | 9.7% | 8.0% | -1.7 |
| Palm | 3.9% | 3.2% | -0.7 |
