Android nears 50% mark in the US, comScore reports

30 December, 2011
Apple's iOS market share grows too, as RIM's BlackBerry OS struggles continue.

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  • 31 Dec 2011

well android is not even cheap but even has better apps than ios!

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    • footclown
    • YTP
    • 31 Dec 2011

    Anonymous, 31 Dec 2011WP7 will be boosted by a few factors in 2012. Sales of Lumi... moreyeah invested in a piece of crap. WP7 cant do much, they must follow androids way of open development rather than following apple's footstep of exclusivity.

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      • Anonymous
      • 4Hf
      • 31 Dec 2011

      Where is HTC? I thought they were #2 or 3 in android marketshare behind samsung

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        • Anonymous
        • YHT
        • 31 Dec 2011

        Anonymous, 31 Dec 2011It's because android comes on all the cheap phones here. T... moreSpeak for yourself...... My wife and I are considered young (20's) and we BOTH have Android.

        We had Apple and hate how limited you are in terms of non removable batteries and the lack of customization for the phone. Really- Just now getting widgets and the notification bar updates- I mean it is 2011 right?

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          • t4i
          • 31 Dec 2011

          no competetion for android.android rules........

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            • saintleks
            • fsV
            • 31 Dec 2011

            saintleks, 31 Dec 2011If Nokia shld switch to iOS, then Android wld have about 70... moreAssuming Nokia switches to Android OS, others cannot stand a chance... Android'll have almost all the market share...lol

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              • saintleks
              • fsV
              • 31 Dec 2011

              If Nokia shld switch to iOS, then Android wld have about 70%+ market share...

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                • Anonymous
                • 4b0
                • 31 Dec 2011

                It's because android comes on all the cheap phones here. They are throwing android at us everywhere...all young people have ios here in US.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 9CH
                  • 31 Dec 2011

                  btc5472, 31 Dec 2011I love android. Always innovating and growing with new fast... moreinovating? LoL android = Maemo + Symbian :p

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                    • nokiafailure
                    • 0Fc
                    • 31 Dec 2011

                    Anonymous, 31 Dec 2011"You fanboys are dumb, because ice cream sandwich is n... morePipe down grandpa with all your symbian chit chat.No one cares about old fashioned symbian and the dinosaurs that use it.Face it its going the same way as the dinosaurs.I bet you never even used ics so how can you comment if your using outdated finished with symbian?.Now go play with your nokia antiques.This is a talk about android you troll.

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                      • tug
                      • 31 Dec 2011

                      nokia should be with android instead wp and continue produce symbian fone in a small ammount..

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                        • Anonymous
                        • mfY
                        • 31 Dec 2011

                        [deleted post]"You fanboys are dumb, because ice cream sandwich is nothing more than a blatant copy of Symbian 3"

                        first ICS looks so much better than Symbian 3 which is really nothing new compared to the old s60 mostly a skin. Secondly nobody wants to copy Symbian which is dying and not really up to date for touch screens.

                        "Roboto - Nokia changed its font to Nokia Pure months ago"

                        SO!? new fonts are released all the time. And the two looks nothing alike (apart from the same letters) :-P

                        "Lock screen - Nokia Bubbles (8 unlock screen apps compared to ics's miserly 2)" WOW 8 lockscreen apps... you only need ONE!

                        "Built in Task Manager - Introduced on Symbian 3 last year"
                        WOW last year thats revolutionizing and amaze... oh wait thats iPhone... well thats just swell! Did I mention Symbian is dying! :-P Android had it via apps almost from day one.

                        "Widgets - Integrated into the OS by Nokia years ago (Symbian Belle lets you add 30 to your home screens)"
                        That is a LIE! widgets never really worked in s60 and
                        "free-form widgets that were initially rumored to come with the PR 2.0 Anna update, but apparently didn’t make it." Symbian Anna came out early this year (2011)
                        and it really isn't widgets like on Android as it is live rectangles (almost like WP7) :-D
                        from:
                        http://www.symbianzone.us/2011/05/free-form-widgets-will-be-introduced.html

                        "People App - Symbian Belle already lets you do this"

                        SO!? Symbian is dying and won't be needing it anytime soon... and if the idea is good then copy it by all means :-D

                        "Android Beam - NFC transfer has been available on Symbian powered phones for a while now - ala Nokia C7"

                        well actually: "2006 Nokia 6131 was the first NFC phone"

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 036
                          • 31 Dec 2011

                          there is something wrong with the data HTC is the biggest smartphone (or perhaps android) seller in the us and is not even listed here????????

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                            • btc5472
                            • 0cJ
                            • 31 Dec 2011

                            I love android. Always innovating and growing with new faster and more powerful phones. They didnt start the patent war either. meaning google, lg, motorola, samsung, or HTC.im tired of apple and their patent BS

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                              • Anonymous
                              • PZL
                              • 31 Dec 2011

                              AnonD-1082, 30 Dec 2011I agree. Samsuck junks are not top notch. They are expensiv... moreSOME say APPLE has no compitation. THEY must be insane OR dont have commonsense.
                              1.YOU CANT TRANSFER CONTENTS FROM IPHONE TO ANOTHER INCLUDING ANOTHER IPHONE VIA BLUETOOTH.
                              2.You cant change battery unless you take up a screwdriver.
                              3.512 MB RAM WHEN COMPITATION IS AT 1GB RAM.
                              4.NO EXPANDABLE MEMORY SLOT WHEN COMPITATION HAS.
                              5.One huge disadvantage is that the iPhone does not allow file transfer from the PC through the USB cable other than by means of Apple extensions, such as iTunes and iPhoto. All that 8 GB space that 90 percent of buyers have chosen to be filled only with this type of files and nothing else sounds rather disappointing.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • eeZ
                                • 31 Dec 2011

                                [deleted post]Ok these idiots deserve that, but Nokia is actually pretty good. Just not the top of the line like other companies.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • ee@
                                  • 31 Dec 2011

                                  AnonD-1082, 30 Dec 2011I agree. Samsuck junks are not top notch. They are expensiv... moreWow you are very ignorant to reality. Junk. lol. And you wonder why you here so much from Samsung fans?? Because of stupid, blind, idiotic, missinformed comments like that. Over hyped? They are so highly hyped because of their amazingness, uniqueness, top notch features, advanced technology, and innovation. There is only one company that is the most over hyped and over priced. I defend samsung not because I think they have been, are, and always will be the best but because for a good few years now they have done the most and come out with the most advanced and well rounded devices.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • eeV
                                    • 31 Dec 2011

                                    AnonD-16342, 30 Dec 2011TOP TOUCH!!!!.... are u in your correct senses? I think not....LOLOLOL. Because you are obviously in with your senses. Lol. Yes top notch. Haha

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • eeV
                                      • 31 Dec 2011

                                      AnonD-16342, 30 Dec 2011I am talking of Samsung trolls in every other community in ... moreThe only reason you have the excess of these Samsung fan boys..or mostly why...is because that for years now Samsung has been on top as far as inventing, innovation, new ideas, and overall jack of all trades goes. While this has been happening there has been many many many many many more and worse blind and idiotic fanboys that get them fired up....then in a smaller portion there are some blind samsung users that dont know much but they are not wrong in what they say...most of the time.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • eeW
                                        • 31 Dec 2011

                                        AnonD-1082, 30 Dec 2011These figures will all be different next year when Nokia ma... moreNokia is a great foundation for us and does great things and has good phones, that are great quality, and all the mumbo jumbo...but that goes beyond wishful thinking.