Android, the mobile OS from Google, might not be the top smartphone OS in the US, but is gaining marketshare at a rapid pace. Nielsen has revealed that Apple’s iOS has the biggest marketshare with 28.6% of the market. Android and BlackBerry are not very far away with 25.8% and 26.1% marketshare respectively. The most interesting part of the report is that in the last six months, 40% of all smartphone purchase was that of Android.
Android is growing, so is iOS, but looking at the graph indicates that Android’s growth rate is better than that of iOS. In the US, Apple’s iPhone has been a clear winner since it launched. Android came much later, but the growth it has attained is phenomenal. Throw in an open iPhone in the mix and the race will be even more interesting.
