ComScore: Android grows US smartphone market share as all others decline

Slip on your fine silk smoking jacket and light up a victory cigar US Android fans, the latest comScore numbers are out for the three-month period ending in May 2010. The most notable trend spotted was a 4 point (up from 9.0% to 13.0%) quarterly increase in Google's Android market share as all other smartphone OS subscribers declined. ComScore also saw Motorola's slide continue, slipping behind LG now for a third place US finish as Samsung continued to bolster its dominant position. Expect the numbers to be jostled a bit next quarter when Apple's iPhone 4 numbers are factored in. Just don't expect to see the Android numbers suffer, especially with the Samsung Galaxy S launching on all the major US carriers before the quarter is done.

[Thanks, Jeremy]

[Shif Posted Jul 9th 2010 1:48PM]

Apple -1
Android +4

Win much?

[zole2112 Posted Jul 9th 2010 2:21PM]

It's nice to be ahead of the curve!

[zangetsu2 Posted Jul 9th 2010 2:27PM]

I haven't seen anyone point this out, but this 3-month average ended in May, after the new iPhone had been shown at Gizmodo and before it came out in June. Basically this study ended when it would have been really dumb to buy a new iPhone. Doesn't anyone think that Apple has already gained that 1% point back with the release of the iPhone 4?

I swear I'm not a fanboy.

[system22 Posted Jul 9th 2010 2:49PM]

@zangetsu2 thats kinda why i am curious to see the iphone4 numbers factored in. almost 2 million phones and counting will surely make SOME adjustment but i wonder how much. i think the 3gs wasn't really a significant enough upgrade for people to upgrade from the 3g, but the 3g was getting dated enough for some people to switch to a more frequently released android flavor. oddly i wonder if the 3gs hurt more than it helped in the bigger picture.

[Spectrality Posted Jul 9th 2010 11:56PM]

@zangetsu2 Yes but it's also worth pointing out that the not-inconsiderable-sales-numbers of the EVO 4G and the Droid X are also not factored in. I'm willing to bet that would make a huge difference for Android.

[sighclops Posted Jul 10th 2010 3:51AM]

android will eventually overtake iOS. this is inevitable.

as long as both parties continue to innovate and bounce off each other, it's all good news :D

[BiGE9 Posted Jul 10th 2010 6:16AM]

Given that the iPhone 4 hardware/software is mostly playing catch-up with Android devices, Apple will be hard-pressed to maintain its edge in the long run.

[bufbarnaby Posted Jul 10th 2010 9:57PM]

Must suck to be Apple/Jobs and know your phone is starting to slip , as good as it is , due to the nature of the "walled-garden" system.
What is going to put Android ahead in a hurry is a cloud-based music system which isn`t that far off.
Android/Google will leapfrog iStuff at that point.