According to June data from Nielsen, in second quarter 2011, Google’s Android operating system holds a 39% share of the U.S. consumer smartphone market. Nielsen pegs Apple’s iOS next at 28 percent, with RIM Blackberry at 20 percent. Versus Nielsen’s last measure, March-May 2011, Android and iOS are each up 1% and RIM is down 1%.
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Because Apple is the only company manufacturing smartphones with the iOS operating system, it is clearly the top smartphone manufacturer in the United States with 28% share. Other leading manufacturers include RIM (20%),HTC, whose Android phones represents 14 percent of the smartphone market and whose Windows Mobile/WP7 devices account for 6 percent of the market; and Motorola, whose Android devices are owned by 11 percent of smartphone consumers.
Samsung’s Android devices are used by 8 percent of smartphone owners while their Windows Mobile/WP7 phones are used by 2 percent of smartphone owners.
Source: Nielsen
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