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According to foreign media reports, the U.S. market research firm NPD data released on Monday, thanks to continuing to release high-profile mobile phones in the third quarter of Android operating system has been greatly improved in the U.S. consumer smart phone market leadership.
According to NPD data, the U.S. market of smart phones sold in the third quarter, 44% use Android, in the second quarter increased 11 percent; Apple iOS were relatively more stable, an increase of 1 percentage point, to 23%; RIM OS slipped to third place,Apple M6138,share, down from 28% to 22%.
NPD executive director of industry analysis Ross Rubin (Ross Rubin) said: "Andorid quarter share of the majority of growth came from the decline in RIM, not Apple. HTC EVO 4G, Motorola Droid X and other new high-end Android equipment operators have been obtained in the momentum of development,IBM 08K8178, which was originally RIM's strong distribution channels. In addition, the recently launched BlackBerry Torch to reverse this trend did not play a big role. "
According to NPD data, RIM OS's share fell 53% year on year, Apple iOS share fell 21% year on year. Rubin said: "I wanted to wrest from the other operating system market share, there is not much room. IPhone has occupied the AT & T's position. However, due to adopt an exclusive mode, Dell F802H,so Apple still faces challenges for further development of local share."
According to NPD's third quarter, issued by U.S. consumers to buy mobile phones data calculation, the top 5 mobile phone, there are 4 smart phones, the specific rankings are as follows:
