Kantar: iOS in the U.S. reduces the lag from the Android

Recent studies of the smartphone market in the U.S., conducted and published agency Kantar, indicate that the most significant operating system grows only iOS. According to a study for the three month period ending in May, the mobile operating system from Apple took 41.9% market share, up 3.5% points more than in the same period last year. IOS closer to Android, which has increased the number of users on a completely insignificant 0.1%.Operating system from Google now uses 52% of buyers. Sales of Windows Phone as several have grown, reaching a share of 4.6%, which is 0.9% more than last year. However, the OS is actually experiencing a recession. According to the three-month period ending in April 2013, the share of Windows Phone accounted for 5.6% of sales. are also presented data on shares of operators in the sales of smartphones. In the first place the undisputed leader Verizon Wireless, which accounts for 34.6% of smartphones. AT & T ranked second with 29%, and the third and fourth place by a large margin from the leaders occupy Sprint (12,7%) and T-Mobile (10,1%). It is worth noting that more than 60% of the sales of the operator AT & T accounted for iPhone, Verizon Weriless for its sale occupy 43.8%, and T-Mobile - 31%. In all cases, the unit is Apple's most popular smartphone. In this case, 53% of buyers in the last statement had previously been the owners of a simple phone, and the market average for iOS goes 45% of owners of phones.