Android's Share Grows Among US Mobile Subscribers

Google's Android operating system is currently the leading mobile platform on the United States market, and its share is continuously growing, a recent report from comScore, Inc. shows.

The latest data released from the comScore MobiLens service, shows that Android ranked first among US mobile subscribers in three month average period ending April 2011, being present on 36.4 percent of all handsets.

The study surveyed a number of no less than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers. According to the collected data, Samsung was the leading handset vendor in the country during the three months period, with 24.5 percent market share.

In the three months period, 74.6 million people in the U.S. owned a smartphone, a number that was 13 percent higher when compared to the three-month period ended January 2011.

36.4 percent of U.S. smartphone subscribers used an Android device in the timeframe, 36.4 percent of U.S. smartphone subscribers from three months before.

Apple's iOS gained market share as well, accounting for 26.0 percent of the smartphone market and becoming the second in the country, followed by RIM with 25.7 percent share.

In the time frame, Microsoft was on the fourth position with 6.7 percent of the market, while Palm was placed fifth with 2.6 percent.

When it comes to manufacturers, South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung remained at the top of the list, with 24.5 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers, while LG was ranked second, with 20.9 percent share.

Motorola ended the three months period on the third position, with 15.6 percent share, followed by Apple on the fourth with 8.3 percent share of mobile subscribers (up 1.3 percentage points), and RIM with 8.2 percent share.

Android was expected to be leader, though it remains to be seen for how long it would manage to maintain the first position on the US market. Apple is struggling to gain more share, and Microsoft has the same goal in mind with the new Windows Phone OS, and the future Mango update.