Reston, Va. – Samsung increased its
share of U.S. consumers using its phones during the three months ending April,
while carriers AT&T and Tracfone slightly increased their share,
consumer surveys show.
The survey also found that more phone-using
consumers were sending text messages, browsing the web, downloading
applications, and accessing social-networking sites during the period compared
to the previous three-month period.
In the average month during the
three months ending April, 22.1 percent of mobile-phone users ages 13 an up
used a Samsung phone, up 1 percentage point from the prior three-month period,
comScore said in highlighting the top five market-share leaders. LG lost a
meager 0.1 percentage point share to come in with 21.8 percent; Motorola lost
1.3 percentage points to 21.6 percent; RIM gained 0.6 percentage points to 8.4
percent; and Nokia dropped a point to 8.1 percent.
For the three- month period, 234
million Americans age 13 and older were mobile subscribers, the company said.
Among U.S. carriers, Verizon Wireless
maintained its top share in the three-month period ending April, posting a 31.1
percent share, down a meager 0.1 percentage point, while number two AT&T
gained 0.2 percentage points to 25.2 percent. Sprint and T-Mobile remained ties
for third place, with each losing 0.1 percent point to come in with a 12
percent share. Prepaid MVNO Tracfone came in next with a 5.1 percent share, up
0.3 percentage points.
In terms of usage, app downloading and
social-networking access posted the largest percentage gains during the three
months. A total of 29.8 percent of subscribers downloaded an app during the
average month in the three-month period, up 3.1 percent points from the
previous three months, while the percentage of subscribers accessing a
social-network site or blog during the period grew 2.8 percentage points to
19.9 percent. The percentage using their phone to browse the web during the
period grew 2.5
