Android and Samsung Ruled the US Subscriber Market in August 2011

Google's Android operating system managed to secure a larger portion of the US subscriber market before the end of August 2011, the latest report from comScore shows.

In the three months ending August, Google's mobile operating system managed to reach a market share of no less than 43.7 percent.

The results of this survey are based on responses from a number of more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers, comScore notes.

The new data released from the comScore MobiLens service also shows that Samsung managed to end the three-month period with 25.3 percent market share, which placed it at the top of the manufacturers' segment.

During the time frame, 84.5 million people in the U.S. owned a smartphone, 10 percent more than when compared to the previous three-month period.

Android gained 5.6 percentage points from the previous period of time, and accounted for 43.7 percent of the market, while Apple remained on the second position with 27.3 percent market share (up 0.7 percentage points).

Research In Motion's BlackBerry operating system ended the time frame on the third position with 19.7 percent share, while Microsoft's Windows Phone platform was ranked fourth with 5.7 percent share. Symbian's market share fell to 1.8 percent.

In the handset vendor's area, Samsung maintained its leading position, accounting for over one quarter of mobile phones in the United States, trailed by LG and Motorola.

“For the three-month average period ending in August, 234 million Americans age 13 and older used mobile devices,” comScore explains.

“Device manufacturer Samsung ranked as the top OEM with 25.3 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers (up 0.5 percentage points from the prior three-month period), followed by LG with 21.0 percent share and Motorola with 14.0 percent share.

“Apple strengthened its position at #4 with 9.8 percent share of mobile subscribers (up 1.1 percentage points), while RIM rounded out the top five with 7.1 percent share.”