Kantar: iOS usage grows 3.5% in the US, gets closer to Android

08 July, 2013
iOS grabbed 41.9% of the smartphone market in the US for the three-month period ending in May.

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  • kg3
  • 10 Jul 2013

[deleted post]That's what you get for using cheap quality phones like Galaxy series.

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    • Mithrandir
    • snA
    • 09 Jul 2013

    AnonD-144351, 09 Jul 2013Apple invented mobile phone........ i think u were born ... moreAgain.. sarcasm, learn to detect it :p

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      • Mithrandir
      • snA
      • 09 Jul 2013

      Anonymous, 09 Jul 2013Apple invented the first phone, LOL. I stopped right there,... moreAre you immune to sarcasm? :p

      The "Apple invented music" should have helped spot it ;)

      On subject : a lot of people who had no interest in smartphones before will buy an iPhone because it's simple to use, and limited enough to make sure they can do no damage.

      I personnally had Windows Mobile phones, then Android phones, then bought an iPod Touch to see what it was all about (so I had almost the same thing as an iPhone).
      It's nice, but becomes boring really fast :(
      I don't play that much on my phone / mp3 player, so looking at a list of icons has its limits :p
      For music, it's nice enough though.
      It's hard to use such a small screen when you get used to bigger ones though (HTC HD2, Galaxy S3 then S4 now)

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        • AnonD-157778
        • 6iM
        • 09 Jul 2013

        AnonD-1825, 09 Jul 2013Innovation is making something completely new, making faste... moreThen how any company can get patent without having any innovation. Do you think USPTO is fool?

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          • Anonymous
          • m5d
          • 09 Jul 2013

          AnonD-144351, 09 Jul 2013Apple invented mobile phone........ i think u were born ... moreApple has innovated nothing with the iphone. It was not the first touchscreen smartphone and every one of it's features has been pinched from elsewhere. The design is bland and outdated, it hasn't changed much since the original iphone. The phone is for idiots who cannot understand how to operate an android or W8 phone.

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            • AnonD-163360
            • 956
            • 09 Jul 2013

            Lol, India is one of the biggest markets for upcoming tech

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              • AnonD-144351
              • PIb
              • 09 Jul 2013

              Anonymous, 08 Jul 2013The question is not what Samsung has invented but what Appl... moreApple invented mobile phone........

              i think u were born after 2007..

              Motorola was the first company to produce handheld mobile phone..

              Nokia developed Finland's first mobile phone network, making Finland the first country in the world to have full mobile phone coverage for private citizens, that was year 1978..way way before Apple came to mobile market..

              Dude these are called innovations..

              Apple brought a revolution(Smart Phones : which are not so smart they can't iron my shirt and make breakfast for me....), not innovation..

              Grown up buddy..

              and for Samsung Fans don't say that Samsung innovated..they even can't innovate in terms of design..they innovated(copying) and making all their mobiles look like same utilizing each single millimetre of plastic they bought..

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                • AnonD-151727
                • awb
                • 09 Jul 2013

                not iii, 09 Jul 2013Very soon iPhone will be the world's only phone. By the rat... morenope...try again please...

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                  • Anonymous
                  • ajU
                  • 09 Jul 2013

                  AnonD-1825, 09 Jul 2013With amount of money what apple have, bankrupt, really? I m... moreThe market will grow oversaturated with iPhones and iPads. Apple needs such sales to survive. And iOS is not an OS.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • ajU
                    • 09 Jul 2013

                    Anonymous, 09 Jul 2013iOS 7 has shaken the world. Samsung fanboys will continue t... moreKeep dreaming. Apple is going down soon. Most people have no need of expensive featurephones.

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                      • PIb
                      • 09 Jul 2013

                      AnonD-1825, 09 Jul 2013Innovation is making something completely new, making faste... moreeven processors are not made by Samsung..they are from other manufacturers.

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                        • AnonD-144351
                        • PIb
                        • 09 Jul 2013

                        Denzil, 09 Jul 2013Samsung is the master innovator. they develop and make hard... moreNokia depends on third party to develop what..plz explain..
                        atleast don't troll without knowledge..

                        Even when Nokia is down it has given number of innovations in past years itself..Pureview remember 808 41MP, Samsung even reached the level of 20MP,low light imaging from 920,just go and check the comparisons with S3 or try even S4..
                        Nokia Here Maps..offline navigation..
                        these are only a few..
                        now please provide what samsung innovated..other than making all their phones look like same..

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                          • AnonD-1825
                          • p77
                          • 09 Jul 2013

                          Denzil, 09 Jul 2013Samsung is the master innovator. they develop and make hard... moreInnovation is making something completely new, making faster processors isnt innovation.

                          So again, what samsung have innovated for mobile devices in last 5 years, i still havent heard even one example.

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                            • Denzil
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                            • 09 Jul 2013

                            AnonD-1825, 08 Jul 2013Samsung innovate? :D what the hell samsung had innovated sa... moreSamsung is the master innovator. they develop and make hardware by their own.Nobody can match their high end hardware, whereas Nokia depends on third parties for everything.

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                              • AnonD-144351
                              • PIb
                              • 09 Jul 2013

                              AnonD-145568, 08 Jul 2013Still Android Leads Worldwide. I will never buy Apple iPhon... moreSamsung is innovating..how..please explain..in terms of design for the past 3 yrs nothing changed..

                              and for record m not apple fan..

                              but this Samsung innovating this is really innovative..



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                                • AnonD-106654
                                • 3sE
                                • 09 Jul 2013

                                Anonymous, 08 Jul 2013The question is not what Samsung has invented but what Appl... moreRotflo.....lol lol lol! For you to be saying that apple invented the 1st mobile phone makes me wonder how you communicated pre-2007! A home telephone line?? Walkie talkie?? What rock do you crawl from under?

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                                  • not iii
                                  • vM6
                                  • 09 Jul 2013

                                  Very soon iPhone will be the world's only phone. By the rate Apple is going, they'll will hit 2015.
                                  By 2018, Apple will be shipping 44 Billion iPhone... very soon, everyone will catch up. Having their 6th iPhone.

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                                    • v6s
                                    • 09 Jul 2013

                                    Apple will die soon and we need to museum to see I-branded product...........

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                                      • 6iN
                                      • 09 Jul 2013

                                      Cool down ifans. Still Android is market leader in United States and worldwide.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • PGX
                                        • 09 Jul 2013

                                        iOS 7 has shaken the world. Samsung fanboys will continue their mindless and futile bashing of iPhones and Apple.

                                        S4 with android will have 2 years to prove themselves to be non-laggy and non-battery draining plus have quality apps. Else.. they will change place with WP8 and become third.

                                        Its time for android's wakeup call!