Investment bank says iOS US mobile shares exceed Android twice times

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time July 23 morning, the U.S. investment bank Piper Jaffray analyst Kini Monster (Gene Munster) published a Monday study, said, although Android in the U.S. mobile market, the dominant share But Apple's iOS system is still a leader in mobile traffic. Munster tracked 70 different mobile sites and found that iOS's traffic grew by 2.6% in the past 4 weeks, the share reached 63%, while the share of Android mobile network traffic increased by only 0.2% in the same period, with a share of 28%. In the report, Munster cited three main reasons for the possible cause. First, iOS accounted for the first quarter of At&t smartphone sales of 80%,verizon wireless 50%, so Munster that iOS is the most popular smartphone platform in the United States. Second, he thinks iOS users have more sticky phones than Android users. Finally, the share of iOS has also been boosted by tablet computers, which typically generate more network traffic than smartphones, while Apple's ipad market share is much higher than the Android tablet. But it does not identify iOS as the hottest smartphone platform in the United States. At least one institution gave a negative answer. Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, US market research firm, reported July 8 this year that Android won 52% of U.S. smartphone sales in March and April. At the same time, iOS has scored 41.9% of its sales share. According to comscore, another US market research firm, Android accounted for 52% of the U.S. market in three months up to May, with iOS 39%. Woodman)