Apple and Google, smartphones domain in the U.S.

The American company NPD Group, which specializes in market research, has published a report in the U.S. smartphone sales in October 2011 which shows the data that Google and Apple are currently the undisputed masters of the market. The leader of this ranking is Android, which alone can win 53% of Apple IOS reach the goal of 29%, all at the expense of RIM getting a “thin” 11% off games again by Windows Phone coming soon to 2%. An evaluation of the power of Android is the analysis made by the sales of smartphones Motorola recently entered the realm of Google, the data tell us that in Q4 2006 was 36% of the handheld market, but its share fell from year to years, arriving in 2009 with a scant 1%, the following year with the adoption of Android, and the output of innovative handsets, Motorola has rebounded back up to Q3 of 2011 to a share of 13%.


Spokesman Ross Rubin, executive director of Connected Intelligence NPD Group says that “the acquisition by Google, Motorola and the adoption of Android has meant that the American home quickly win back dominance of the smartphone market, it is now defend it through patent protection. ” The fall of Rim is obvious and dramatic, the Canadian manufacturer in 2006 was in possession of 50% of the market, now in 2011 stood at 12%, but is also working on preparing new generations of Blackberry countermoves, and the last period of 2011 ‘re ascending through the operating system release BB OS 7 . Now in the ranking of smartphone manufacturers is fifth behind Apple, HTC, Samsung and Motorola.

Last consideration is the marriage of Nokia and Microsoft in 2012 which will attempt to return the market players, the data for hours that are unfavorable for Windows Phone as quoted does not exceed 2% and is even more overwhelming when compared to 2007 where it was Windows Mobile holder of 50 percent of smartphone sales, so this new system will try to undermine the consistency of the iPhone and the flexibility of Android. It will be full of surprises and a 2012 competition, which can only benefit the users, in Europe the situation is slightly different, due to the strong presence of Nokia and the strong diffusion of Symbian although a decline unstoppable.