Apple Mobile Market: And the Survey Says – Apple Growing its Share of Mobile Market

Apple’s growth in the three-month span ending in November gave it the largest point change of all handset makers. Apple’s growth was enough to put it ahead of LG, which fell from 18.2 percent of the mobile market in August to 17.5 percent in November, good for third place.

Apple’s’s chief rival, Samsung, saw its share of active U.S. users rise 1.2 percentage points, growing its market leading share to 26.9 percent. The data includes owners of both smartphones and “feature” phones.

With Samsung in first, Apple in second, and LG third, Google-owned Motorola took fourth in the survey, accounting for 10.4 percent of users. Motorola’s share slid 0.8 percentage points between August and November.

Finally, HTC was the fifth most popular handset maker among mobile subscribers, with a 5.9 percent share, down 0.4 percentage points from August.

With Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) making the biggest leap, it will be interesting to see if this momentum continues into 2013. What are your thoughts?

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