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Smartphone Adoption has Surpassed 60% in the U.S.

The mobile communications sector in America continues to advance, as smartphone demand drives new growth. comScore released data that outlines key trends in the U.S. smartphone industry for July 2013.

Apple ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer with 40 percent OEM market share, while Google Android led as the number one smartphone platform -- with 52 percent platform market share.

Google Sites ranked as the top mobile media property, while Facebook was the top individual app.

Smartphone OEM Market Share

143.3 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (60 percent mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in July, that's up 3 percent since April.

Apple ranked as the top OEM with 40.4 percent of U.S. smartphone subscribers (up 1.2 percentage points from April). Samsung ranked second with 24.1 percent market share (up 2.1 percentage points), followed by HTC with 8 percent, Motorola with 6.9 percent and LG with 6.8 percent.


Smartphone Platform Market Share

Android ranked as the top smartphone platform in July with 51.8 percent market share, followed by Apple with 40.4 percent (up 1.2 percentage points), BlackBerry with 4.3 percent, Microsoft with 3 percent and Symbian with 0.3 percent.

Top Smartphone Properties and Apps

Google Sites ranked as the top web property on smartphones, reaching 92.6 percent of the mobile media audience (mobile browsing and app usage), followed by Facebook (86.3 percent), Yahoo! Sites (81.7 percent) and Amazon Sites (66.8 percent).

Facebook ranked as the top smartphone app, reaching 76.1 percent of the app audience, followed by five Google-owned apps: YouTube (53.7 percent), Google Play (53.6 percent), Google Search (53.5 percent), Google Maps (46.2 percent) and Gmail (45.0 percent).

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