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comScore has released their numbers for smartphone market share in the US for January 2014, and the numbers are fairly predictable. Android commanded a majority of the market, accounting for 51.7% of all US smartphones, dipping half a percent from October last year. BlackBerry also fell half a percent point, while Apple pulled up 1% due to Android and BB’s small decline. Android still sat a full 10% ahead of Apple as of January, while Microsoft’s Windows Phone claimed a small 3.2% in third place.
As far as device manufacturers go, Samsung accounted for 26.7% of smartphones in the US, second to Apple’s roughly 40% but still well above every other Android OEM. HTC unfortunately slipped a full 1.3% to account for just 5.4% of the total market, well below where HTC expected to be. LG and Motorola are wrestling for third place, accounting for 6.9% and 6.4%, respectively. However, LG saw a half a point of growth while Motorola saw a half a point of decline. Now that the Moto G is widely available, Motorola may be able to grab some of that market share back.
These numbers are typical of the past few years, but with a ton of new, extremely competitive phones slated for a 2014 release, we may finally see these numbers get shaken up by more than just one or two points.
source: comScore
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