comScore has released the results of yet another survey which tracked the overall mobile device performance in the U.S. during the three month average period from September to December 2011. In this study, Samsung emerged as the topmost handset manufacturer, while Android dominated the number one position yet again as far as the most used mobile platform goes.
The findings of this research are based on the responses of over 30,000 mobile subscribers in the U.S. who were surveyed by the company’s MobiLens service. Out of the 97.9 million people in the nation who own smartphones, the Google Android mobile platform was employed by 47.3 percent. These results are quite similar to the recently conducted Nielsen survey which also showed Android to be the topmost OS followed by Apple. In this new comScore report, the iOS platform has managed to grab the second position with 29.6 percent market share.
Going by the number of smartphones and tablets Samsung managed to churn out last year, it’s no surprise that it ranked as the top OEM with 25.3 percent U.S. mobile subscribers. It is followed by LG in second place with 20 percent share, while Motorola took up the third position with 13.3 percent share. Apple rose up a few notches in comparison to its performance in the previous three months with 12.4 percent market share, while RIM came in fifth with 6.7 percent share.
Other findings of this comScore report reveal that 74.3 percent of U.S. mobile phone owners used text messaging while downloaded applications were employed by 47.6 percent.