Guess How Large Android's Lead Over Apple Is Now

New data from Nielsen offers a revealing, if not completely that unpredicted, picture from the current smartphone market within the U.S.

While captured we had Android's lead over both RIM and Apple's iOS keep growing, many (including us) expected that�extraordinary growth to curb.

Well that did not happen.

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Based on this latest data, Android now makes up about an intimidating�40% from the overall smartphone market, versus 37% just in May. For Apple's iOS It saw only 1% increase from 27% to 28% within the same period.

RIM still is available in at third, but things aren't very pretty available in Rim Land: The business's share from the smartphone market is constantly on the dwindle, now comprising only 19% from the market a 3% decrease since May. We're able to possibly visit a slight rebound inside a couple of several weeks for the way new products such as the Bold 9900 do within the coming days.

The apple iphone, however, includes a slight edge over Android in a single category: It features a 1% point advantage if this involves desirability among early adopters. You need to explain too that Apple supports just one sort of hardware device (the apple iphone), versus Android's availability across several hardware producers, like Samsung and HTC.

But when Google's proceed to bring Motorola's hardware knowledge of-home is any suggestion, we'll likely see a truly killer Android-powered phone within the not-so-distant future, with sleek design and software in one place. It is a move that would likely assure the business's current stranglehold about the smartphone market.

The apple iphone, however, is thought to be�coming to carriers�beyond AT&T and Verizon, like Sprint and perhaps T-Mobile, guaranteeing one factor: It will likely be a fascinating next handful of several weeks within the fight for smartphone supremacy.

[via�Nielsen Wire]

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