Android U.S. market share slides in March quarter as iPhone gains

By on Jun 21, 2011 at 9:45 AM
mobile June 21, 2011

Google’s share of the U.S. smartphone market dipped for the first time since 2009 according to Needham & Co. analyst Charlie Wolf. Needham says Android’s share slid from 52.4% to 49.5% in the first quarter, its first sequential market share loss in any region since the second quarter of 2009. Wolf attributes the dip to the launch of Verizon Wireless’ iPhone 4; Apple’s U.S. market share ballooned more than 12 points to 29.5% in the first quarter. Wolf believes Android’s market share in the U.S. will rebound in the June and September quarters, though it will see a “material decline” in the fourth quarter of 2011 following the launch of Apple’s fifth-generation iPhone. “This is just the beginning of Android’s share loss in the U.S.,” Wolf wrote in a note to investors. “The migration of subscribers to the iPhone on the Verizon network should accelerate this fall when Apple coordinates the launch of iPhone 5 on the GSM and CDMA networks. The iPhone could also launch on the Sprint and T-Mobile networks.” Hit the break for a graphical representation of U.S. smartphone market share from IDC.

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  • Sam

    The thing that people seem to forget, is the fact that Apple releases the iPhone once every year. Compared to Android, they seem to be releasing a phone (or multiple phones) almost every month. So obviously, Android is naturally going to take up most of the market share. If Android phones released annually like Apple’s iPhone, I think everyone here would be willing to agree that the iPhone will take a massive, steaming, wet dump on Android every time. So, the fact that people who love Android (and that’s okay if you do, obviously) keep citing the fact that Android has most of the market share; it simply is not an impressive statistic if you know what I stated above.

  • numetheus

    This is like watching the horse races! 

  • Justice8908

    Wait wait wait…..WHERE CAN I GET ONE OF THOSE LITTLE ANDROIDS!!

  • Anonymous

    “Andorid U.S Marketshare slides in March”

    I guess they stopped giving away free phones, lololololololololololololol!!!

  • shift

    as market slows in US, it will now pick up in china and rest of the world.

  • Bob Motown

    Android 4G phone > iPhone 3G phone

  • Bringit

    The only surprise here is that this did not happen sooner.  Even for 99 cents people want some level of quality. Android will be like Silly Bands – a nice litle teen fad.

    • Carlos5555593

      Stop being ignorant. We all know there are all kinds of android phones. From low end to high end with exellent built quality. And android users are real man. We do whatever we want with our phones not like you apple people who only are allow to do what steve jobs wants you to do. Hahaha. Copycats. Copying androi anhhh.notification bar ios 5

  • Anonymous

    Like I have been saying for six months, Android peaked, it then flattened out (these last three months) and now is going to still be very popular but the growth is pretty much over. Welcome to reality.

  • Anonymous

    The sky is falling? Nope, that is Androids market share!

    • Carlos5555593

      Hahaha you’re funny. Don’t you know android is and will always be number one?. And have you seen the galaxy s 2 which is only on south korea and even only there has already sold nearly three million units in less the fifty days??? And just wait for the android beasts that are about to be release in the u.s sporting android icecream. Yeah and specially my favorite. Nexus prime.

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