Guest Jared Peters Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 comScore has released their numbers for smartphone market share in the US for January 2014, and the numbers are fairly predictable. Android commanded a majority of the market, accounting for 51.7% of all US smartphones, dipping half a percent from October last year. BlackBerry also fell half a percent point, while Apple pulled up 1% due to Android and BB’s small decline. Android still sat a full 10% ahead of Apple as of January, while Microsoft’s Windows Phone claimed a small 3.2% in third place. As far as device manufacturers go, Samsung accounted for 26.7% of smartphones in the US, second to Apple’s roughly 40% but still well above every other Android OEM. HTC unfortunately slipped a full 1.3% to account for just 5.4% of the total market, well below where HTC expected to be. LG and Motorola are wrestling for third place, accounting for 6.9% and 6.4%, respectively. However, LG saw a half a point of growth while Motorola saw a half a point of decline. Now that the Moto G is widely available, Motorola may be able to grab some of that market share back. These numbers are typical of the past few years, but with a ton of new, extremely competitive phones slated for a 2014 release, we may finally see these numbers get shaken up by more than just one or two points. source: comScore Come comment on this article: comScore reports US smartphone market share for January 2014 Visit TalkAndroid for Android news, Android guides, and much more! News via TalkAndroid
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