iOS leaps forward, but Android still leads

The analysts from Nielsen aloof appear their address on the US smartphone bazaar in the aftermost division of 2011 and the numbers that it contains are hardly shocking.

iOS leaps forward, but Android still leads

The iPhone 4S barrage helped iOS accretion a lot of arena and abutting the gap on Android. The two arch platforms were close and close in December, back best of the sales were generated. Windows Buzz was the alone added belvedere to advance its bazaar position, but the Microsoft OS is still far from acceptable a above agency in the US smartphone race.

iOS leaps forward, but Android still leads

Android accounted for 51.7% of all smartphone purchases in Q4, but its allotment in November and December alone to 48.7% and 46.9%, due to the able iPhone sales. The Apple belvedere had a bazaar allotment of 44.5% in December, which is about bifold what it had in October (25.1%). The all-embracing iOS allotment for the division stood at 37%.

The Nielsen Q4 report

Meanwhile, RIM continues its struggles and alone managed a bazaar allotment of 6% in the final division of the year. The Canadians had a allotment of 7.7% in October, but attractive at the stats - it's all decline from there.

iOS leaps forward, but Android still leads

Windows Buzz powered 1.4% of the smartphones awash in the Holiday quarter, which is an advance compared to the 1.3% all-embracing bazaar allotment that it has.

Another trend that Nielsen noticed is that added and added US citizens are switching to smartphones. While aloof 46% of all users accept a smartphone, 60% of those that got a fresh buzz in Q4 autonomous for one with a able OS.