December 2012 U.S. Smartphone Subscriber Market Share

Yesterday comScore reported December 2012 U.S. smartphone subscriber market share data. Apple was the top smartphone manufacturer with 36.3% market share, while Google's Android operating system was the No.1 smartphone platform with 53.4% share. Apple's market share rose 2 % from September to December. Samsung's share was up 2.3 % (from 18.7% to 21%) in the same time period.

Smartphone OEM Market Share

Top Smartphone OEMs 3 Month Avg. Ending Dec. 2012 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Sep. 2012 Total U.S. Smartphone Subscribers Age 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens
	Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers
	Sep-12	Dec-12	Point Change
Total Mobile Subscribers	100.0%	100.0%	N/A
Apple	34.3%	36.3%	2.0
Samsung	18.7%	21.0%	2.3
HTC	12.0%	10.2%	-1.8
Motorola	9.8%	9.1%	-0.7
LG	6.6%	7.1%	0.5

Smartphone Platform Market Share

Top Smartphone Platforms 3 Month Avg. Ending Dec. 2012 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Sep. 2012 Total U.S. Smartphone Subscribers Age 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens
	Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers
	Sep-12	Dec-12	Point Change
Total Smartphone Subscribers	100.0%	100.0%	N/A
Google	52.5%	53.4%	0.9
Apple	34.3%	36.3%	2.0
Blackberry	8.4%	6.4%	-2.0
Microsoft	3.6%	2.9%	-0.7
Symbian	0.6%	0.6%	0.0