By: Michelle Maisto, eWeek
Apple’s iPhone may be the top-selling smartphone, but Samsung is the most popular device maker in the United States, according to comScore. LG is also gaining, but RIM and Motorola are slipping. Samsung devices are by far the choice of U.S. mobile subscribers, comScore reported April 3, concluding a three-month study, ending in February, of more than 30,000 subscribers. Meanwhile Apple’s iPhone also continues to gain popularity as the fight between iOS and Android continues. The comScore study found that Samsung devices—smartphones and otherwise—to be in the hands of 25.6 percent of Americans age 13 and older. The figure held exactly steady from the results of a similar three-month study ending in November. LG Electronics came in second, now used by 19.4 percent of Americans, versus 20.5 percent in November. Meanwhile, Apple jumped ahead of Motorola into third place, rising from 11.2 percent in November to 13.5 percent in February—the highest change among any top-five brand.
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