iPhone 4S bites into Android U.S. smart phone sales

January 18, 2012, 10:14 AM ?

Due either to pent-up demand or Siri, Apple's iPhone 4S sold 44.5 percent of all U.S. smartphones in December.

New sales data from Nielsen confirmed earlier reports of a big bump in Apple iPhone sales and surge in market share against still-leading Android phones. The combined market share of Android phones from multiple makers still lead Apple iPhone's share, 46.9 to 44.5 percent, but that is the narrowest the gap has been in a long time.

Reasons for the surge point to pent-up demand for a new phone from Apple (despite the disappointment in not seeing an iPhone 5), Siri's popularity, and the higher number of Apple iPhone carriers. Sprint and Verizon both made big pushes with their new iPhones. Whether the upcoming Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) devices will widen the gap back in Android's favor remains to be seen. These have just hit the market, starting in mid-December with the Galaxy Nexus.

Go Apple

Shareholder smiley time.
Ireland on appleinsider.com

I?d wager a guess and say that the reasoning here is that people are simply unimpressed with Android, which matches my own observations
Wayne Smallman on gigaom.com

The numbers Apple pulled off are remarkable given the breadth of the Android handsets variations.
Aizmov on appleinsider.com

Go Android

clearly as the Android line is always above the iOS it is clear that Android sold more.
p0kes on endgadget.com

wordwide
1. Android
2. Symbian
3. iOS
peacekeeper05 on endgadget.com

Please remember that this uptick is in direct relation to a new product release. Mark my words. As 1st and 2nd quarter approaches, iOS share will quickly return to its proper levels, and will continue to drop year to year.
slapppy on appleinsider.com

Keep fighting, fellas

All in all, I welcome the existence of both operating systems as they push one another to provide consumers with better and better technology.
Jon on gigaom.com

Article screams "fanboy catfight below".
rattyuk on endgadget.com

Only interesting story in all of this coming year will be how many Windows 7 Mobile phones sell
Marc Telesha on gigaom.com

If Apple iPhone and Android are the fighting elephants, are RIM and Windows Mobile the ones getting trampled?

Source: http://www.itworld.com/networking/242393/iphone-4s-bites-android-us-smart-phone-sales

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