Android and iOS are nearly tied for US smartphone market share

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Phones running Apple’s iOS operating system may have passed those running Android in terms of market share. iOS sales “overtook” Android sales by a tiny 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014. If true, this would be the first quarter in two years in which more devices running iOS than Android sold in the United States.

iOS devices accounted for 47.7 percent of sales in the fourth quarter, while Android devices -- from various manufacturers -- accounted for 47.6 percent of sales. The iPhone is doing well in Europe and parts of Asia too. The report indicated that iOS’s percentage share in Europe was up 6.2 percent year over year as Android’s share declined by 3.8 percent. In fact, the only European market that saw Android’s market share increase was Italy, which the report notes is a “strong pre-pay market.”


Android and iOS are nearly tied for US smartphone market share