Check this graph out. This data shows new smartphone buyers over the last six months in the US, and their OS of choice. Android is on a one-way rocket trip to beyond infinity, while everything else drops – and Android has also overtaken iPhone. Next stop, RIM’s BlackBerry.
Here’s the relevant bit of text:
“While the iPhone has been the headline grabber over the last few years in the smartphone market, Google’s Android OS has shown the most significant expansion in market share among current subscribers. Android’s rise is even more noticeable among new smartphone subscribers in the last six months where Android has nosed past Apple’s iOS in the last quarter to grab a 27% share of those recent smartphone subscribers“
Go, you brave little green line! Go!
This data comes from Nielsen, which has put together a very nice little blog post about recent movements in the US smartphone industry packed full of fine graphs. Link via AndroidGuys.



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