ComScore report revealed that Apple got the top rank of smartphone manufacturer in the U.S., while its rival, Samsung, got the second spot. The report also disclosed that Android ranked as the top smartphone platform, while Apple hit the second rank. This entails that the competition goes on as smartphone companies continue to innovate.
Apple Insider said that Apple captured 43.6 percent of all U.S. subscribers within three months. The report added that the company had gained 1.9 percent compared to last year. Tech Gadget Central also noted that there were 192.4 million people in the U.S. who owned smartphones, in which majority of them owned Apple. In this regard, the comScore report estimated that there were 43.6 percent of U.S. Apple subscribers from the period of data gathering.
Further, one of Apple's rival, Samsung, earned 27.6 percent of the market share. Though, the related report said that the data was exclusive for U.S. buyers only and it did not include other parts of the continent.
ComScore also reported the ranks of smartphone platform, this time Android got the first spot with 52.3 percent market share, while Apple got the second spot with 43.6 percent. More so, the data showed that Google's products and services such as Facebook, YouTube and Facebook Messenger were the leading apps for smartphone mobile media users aged 18 and above.
For those who are not familiar, comScore, Inc. is a global media measurement and analytics company that conducts research and releases data from MobiLens and Mobile Metrix. It primarily aims to report key trends in the U.S. smartphone industry. The aforementioned statistics were taken for three months, from July to September 2015.
It is undeniable that Apple's revenue had increased because of its latest iPhone 6S. As previous reports mentioned, there were 13 million units that were sold out over the first weekend of its availability. On the other hand, the smartphone companies will remain to discover new technologies to offer new experience for its customers.
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