Android sees market share growth in latest Comscore report

November 6, 2014

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Breaking the trend, Android's market share has risen from 51.9% to 52.1% in the three months ending September 2014. Apple's iOS, however, saw a slight dip down to 41.7% from the 42.1% share they saw in the previous three month period. Good new for Microsoft though as they saw another steady increase from 3.4% to 3.6%. Blackberry, however, lost 0.1% of the market, which Symbian somehow managed to pick up, going from 0.1% to 0.2%.

Samsung and LG both managed to grab a larger share of the market than the previous cycle, while Apple, Samsung and HTC all saw a decrease. Unsurprisingly the amount of smartphone users grew by 1%. As in the past Facebook and Youtube hold the top spots for most-installed apps. Not a very interesting report this time around, but stay tuned for next month which will reflect sales of the iPhone 6, iPhone 6+ and the Samsung Galaxy Note 4.

Source: Comscore

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Jim is a musician/nerd/burrito enthusiast living north of Boston. In his free time (of which he has none) he plays guitar and tinkers with the absurd amount of Android devices he owns. Born and raised on a farm in the backwoods of Vermont, Jim spent a few years after high school traveling the states, settling temporarily on Massachusetts. His first Android phone was an HTC G1, and he's had countless devices since. He is also really good at convincing people to buy stuff. He currently lives with his girlfriend and writes for Talk Android between selling cell phones, playing in a band and running a record label.