Comsocre: US smartphone penetration doubled to 20% year-on-year

Beijing time June 16 morning news, according to foreign media reports, the United States Internet traffic monitoring agency Comsocre released Tuesday report shows that the U.S. smartphone penetration rate has increased from April 2009 11% to April 2010 20.5%, almost to double. The number of smartphone subscribers in the US is now over 48 million, according to comscore. RIM remains first in the market, and its BlackBerry is still the most popular smartphone in the United States, with a share of more than 40% in the US smartphone market. Apple was second in number, and its share increased from 20% in April 2009 to 25% in April 2010. But Apple's market share has stabilized around 25% in recent months, possibly because consumers are waiting for a new product to be released.　　With the release of the iphone 4, Apple's market share is expected to continue to increase. While the iphone is still the most talked-about smartphone in the industry, Android has a decent performance. This April, Android's share of the smartphone market in the US reached 12%, 6 months ago only 3%. The gap between Android and the third-ranked Microsoft (15%) is narrowing. If that trend continues, Android will be the third-largest smartphone platform in the US in a few months. (PEI)