Of 63.2 million users of smart phones in the US, Google’s Android have now surpassed Apple’s iPhone in smart phone platform market share. What surprised me is how quickly Android is growing. Take a look at the numbers.
Top Smartphone Platforms
3 Month Avg. Ending Dec. 2010 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Sep. 2010
Total U.S. Smartphone Subscribers Ages 13+
Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers | |||
Sept-10 | Dec-10 | Pt Change | |
RIM | 37.3% | 31.6% | -5.7 |
21.4% | 28.7% | +7.3 | |
Apple | 24.3% | 25.0% | +0.7 |
Microsoft | 9.9% | 8.4% | -1.5 |
Palm | 4.2% | 3.7% | -0.5 |
Source: MobiLens