Market research comScore company has released its study of some 30,000 mobile subscribers from November to February, while the first actual data on the impact of iPhone Verizon in the us. IPhone market share increased by 0,2% in a period of three months, from 25 percent to 25.2 per cent. That relatively small increases (Android will see seven percent) has generated a large amount of provocative commentary, such as Business Insider declaring "iPhone dead in the water," but the reality is somewhat more nuanced.
After the first Verizon iPhone went on sale on 10 February, which means less than three weeks of its sales were included in a period of three months examined by comScore. Secondly, going back to the end of January, comScore took part in the 24.7 percent, down from 25 percent in December, the iPhone market. Growth from January to February was actually 0.5 per cent. That compares the litte more favourably to Android, which saw an increase of 1.8 percent. For Apple but also suggests at the end of a sharp increase in sales in February, which coincides with the launch iPhone Verizon.
Finally, there are actual phones into consideration. While the number of mobile subscribers in the UNITED STATES by means of devices, Motorola fell almost one percent, and RIM, Apple dropped 0.2 percent increase by almost one percent. Which has a triple increase of Samsung, leading OEM Android. This is important, because Samsung, as well as any other device manufacturer, shall have access to the whole of the market in the U.S. some subscription 300 million. In comparison, Apple reaches approximately 200 million with AT&T and Verizon, although that will change should AT&T complete its proposed acquisition of T-Mobile. Which might Add another 34 million potential iPhone users, but not until 2012. This is where the fault, if any, lies in the current strategy for smartphone Apple: the lack of universal access, carrier agnostic for iPhone.
However, despite that failure, the iPhone has managed to maintain its market share at around 25 percent in the light of the widespread availability of Android. In the very RIM of the falls from 42% to 29%, and Microsoft and HP have seen their market share halved in the last year. It may be more accurate to say iPhone is treading water in the United States, while the Verizon iPhone finally is putting little breeze in the sails. With the possibility of new hardware, software, and wider availability of all levels of the fight is counting Apple zaskarzac mistake.
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