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Android phones outselling iPhone by two to one in the US

Tim Green
Android phones outselling iPhone by two to one in the US

43 per cent of smartphone shoppers choose Android device; 28 per cent go iPhone.

The numbers come from the latest Nielsen monthly survey and will hardly surprise anyone. A success of reports have indicated the rampant growth of Android, which benefits from being embedded in dozens of devices against iPhone's one.

Still, it's still a dramatic change given the utter domination of Apple a year or two ago. 

Both platforms are benefitting from the ongoing growth in smartphone adoption.

Nielsen says 43 per cent of all mobile subscribers in the US had a smartphone as of August, but 58 per cent of those who got a new device in the last three months chose a smartphone over a feature phone.

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Tags: us , nielsen , iPhone , Android , Market Data

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