Android, iPhone make up nearly 75% of smartphone market share | Inman News

Android, iPhone make up nearly 75% of smartphone market share | Inman News
Android, iPhone make up nearly 75% of smartphone market share

Smartphone usage jumps 10% to 90 million people BY INMAN NEWS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2011. Inman News™

Nearly three-quarters of U.S. smartphone owners have devices that run on either Google's Android platform or Apple's iPhone platform, according to the latest monthly report from metrics company

Overall smartphone ownership among U.S. mobile subscriber 13 and up rose 10 percent in the three months ending in October, to 90 million people. That's 38.5 percent of all U.S. mobile subscribers.

The Android platform increased its lead in market share to 46.3 percent in the three months ending in October, a 4.4-percentage-point rise from the three months ending in July. The iPhone platform increased its market share by 1 percentage point, to 28.1 percent. Combined market share of 74.4 percent.