US Consumers Snapping Up (Android) SmartphonesPC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - 30 Jun, 2011More and more Americans are ditching feature phones for smartphones, with 38 percent of wireless subscribers now using the more advanced devices, according to Thursday data from Nielsen. Among people who purchased a new handset in ... |
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Apple iOS Share Growth Accelerated In May, Says NielsenBarron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - 30 Jun, 2011Nielsen this morning reports that among people in the US who bought cellular phones in the three months through May, 55% bought a smartphone, up from 34% a year earlier. Apple's (AAPL) iOS software on its iPhone has shown the most ... |
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Survey: Smartphone purchases on the riseUSA Today - Brett Molina - 30 Jun, 2011Between March and May of this year, 55% of consumers that participated in the survey say they bought a smartphone. That's up from 34% from 2010. Android remains the dominant operating system, finds Nielsen, with a 38% share. ... |
Finally: Americans Now Buy More Smartphones than Feature PhonesTIME - Graeme McMillan - 30 Jun, 2011It's been a surprisingly long time coming, but the majority of cellphone purchases in the US are smartphone purchases. A new Nielsen study shows that smartphones have finally overtaken feature phones for American ... |
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Smartphone sales continue to surpass those of feature phones, Nielsen saysLos Angeles Times - 30 Jun, 2011From March to May, 55% of new cellphones purchased were smartphones, pushing about 38% of all US cellphone users to app-running, email-sending devices, Nielsen said in a blog post on the growing popularity of smartphones. Over the same three-month ... |
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Nielsen: Smartphones now tops among new buyersCNET (blog) - Lance Whitney - 30 Jun, 2011Smartphone demand continues to surge as more than half of all recent cell phone buyers opted for one, Nielsen said today. Specifically, 55 percent of consumers who bought a new mobile phone from March through May picked a smartphone ... |
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Android's growth curve levels offFortune - Philip Elmer-DeWitt - 30 Jun, 2011The effect of the long-awaited launch of an iPhone for Verizon, or a bump from the iPad 2? During the rapid ascent of Google (GOOG) Android phones in 2010 it was never clear how much their popularity was ... |
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Report: iPhone Drives Smartphone Growth, Android FlatWireless Week - Andrew Berg - 30 Jun, 2011Android continues to be the most popular smartphone operating system, with 38 percent of smartphone consumers owning Android devices. However, while Android also leads among those who recently purchased a new ... |
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While iPhone use surges, Android market share plateausITworld.com - Chris Nerney - 30 Jun, 2011June 30, 2011, 12:39 PM â€" Android remains the most popular smartphone operating system in the US, but its market-share among new purchasers has stalled, research firm Nielsen reports. According the Nielsen's May survey ... |
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Most new cell phone purchases are now smartphonesThe Hill (blog) - Gautham Nagesh - 30 Jun, 201155 percent of people surveyed by Nielsen in May reported buying a smart phone instead of a standard feature cell phone, up from 34 percent a year ago. The data is the latest indication that a sizable chunk of ... |
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Nielsen Report Shows Feature Phone Sales Now Trail Smartphone Sales in the USMobile Marketing Watch - 30 Jun, 2011In what amounts to another major milestone for the smartphone industry, the latest report from Nielsen shows that smartphone purchases now comprise the majority of all new smartphone purchases in the US. Nielsen's May survey of US mobile consumers ... |
Nielsen: Android Leads New Buyers as Smart Phones Outsell Feature Phones for ...AndroidGuys - Scott Webster - 30 Jun, 2011Nielsen has found that more than half of all US consumers who purchased a cell phone in the last month bought themselves a smart phone. At 55-percent, this is up considerably from last year's 34-percent and could be the first signs of a tipping point ... |
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Nielsen: iPhone sales climb as Android sales flatten outArs Technica - Casey Johnston - 30 Jun, 2011Apple's iPhone is back to driving the growth of smartphones in the US, according to a recent Nielsen study. In a survey of recent cell phone acquirers, the proportion of new iPhone owners has jumped ... |
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Smartphones Now Lead Cellphone PurchasesMediaPost Publications - 30 Jun, 2011To the delight of mobile advertisers and branded app-makers everywhere, smartphones are fast making features phones obsolete. Indeed, according to new Nielsen data, 38% of domestic mobile consumers now own smartphones, while 55% of those who purchased ... |
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Smartphones Now Majority of Mobile Purchases in USE-Gear - 30 Jun, 2011The percentage of smartphones purchased among overall mobile phone in the last three months has passed 50 percent for the first time, the Nielsen Co. said Thursday as part of its May mobile consumer survey. In the three months ending in May, ... |
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iPhone, Android phones trump feature phones in recent salesGigaOm - Ryan Kim - 30 Jun, 2011It won't be long before most phones will be smartphones, which are outselling feature phones in recent sales, according to new figures from Nielsen . The firm said smartphones made up 55 percent of ... |
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Verizon iPhone Has Turned The Table On AndroidCult of Mac - Ed Sutherland - 30 Jun, 2011Apple â€" not Android â€" has the momentum in the United States, a new study finds, and their powerhouse move was the Verizon iPhone, which flattened domestic Android growth. New purchases of Android-based handsets ... |
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Apple's iPhone drives US smartphone growth, Android stallsBizjournals.com - Cromwell Schubarth - 30 Jun, 2011New numbers from Neilsen show that while Google Inc. 's Android operating system is still No. 1 among US smartphone activations, Apple Inc. 's iPhone is the fastest growing in market share. About 27 percent of the smartphones sold in the country from ... |
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Report: Smartphones Outselling Cell PhonesXBiz - Bob Johnson - 30 Jun, 2011NEW YORK â€" More mobile consumers are choosing smartphones over cell (or “feature”) phones according to new figures released by Nielsen. The market research company's May survey of mobile consumers in the US reported that 38 ... |
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Smartphone Wars: Latest Survey Shows Google LeadsWall St. Cheat Sheet - Alexander Schachtel - 30 Jun, 2011Data from Nielsen's (NYSE:NLSN) May survey of mobile consumers seems to indicate that Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android OS phones are continuing to dominate the smartphone market, holding 38% market share compared to #2 Apple ... |
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Nielsen: Smartphones finally overtake feature phones for new device purchasesVentureBeat - Devindra Hardawar - 30 Jun, 201155 percent of US consumers who purchased a new phone in the last three months bought a smartphone, according to data from Nielsen's May mobile consumer survey. This marks the first time, at least according to Nielsen's data, that smartphones have ... |
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Smartphones make up over half US handset salesTelecompaper (subscription) - 30 Jun, 2011Smartphones made up over half of mobile phone sales in the US in the three months to May, according to a survey by Nielsen. The research found that 38 percent of Americans now own smartphones, and 55 percent of those who purchased a new handset in the ... |
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Nielsen: iPhone driving smartphone growth, Android sales flatFiercemobilecontent - Jason Ankeny - 30 Jun, 2011Although Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is now activating 500000 new Android devices each day, research firm Nielsen reports that Android smartphone sales to US subscribers have flattened over the last three months. Android phones made up 27 percent of US ... |
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iPhone sees most growth in MayPhoneDog - 30 Jun, 2011It's that time again, folks. Time to grab an ice cold drink (or hot cup of coffee at this time of the morning), sit back, and examine some market share numbers. Nielsen just released its latest survey on the mobile industry and, while some aspects of ... |
Android Levels Off, iPhone Picks UpMediapost.com (blog) - Mark Walsh - 30 Jun, 2011Among US smartphone owners, Android continues to have the biggest share of customers, at 38%. The iPhone has 27%, and BlackBerry, 21%, according to Nielsen's May mobile survey. But the research also shows Android's growth is leveling off this year ... |
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Nielsen: Smartphones Outselling Featurephones, iPhone Leading The ChargepaidContent.org - Ingrid Lunden - 30 Jun, 2011Looks like we have again reached a tipping point of sorts in the mobile market in the US The analysts at Nielsen report that in May, smartphones for the first time started to outsell feature phones, at a ratio of 55 percent to 45 percent. ... |
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CHART OF THE DAY: Android Growth Stalls, Apple Gaining SteamBusiness Insider - 30 Jun, 2011Android's growth in the US has stalled this year, according to a new report from Nielsen which looks at which phones people are buying. Android still has the largest share of the smartphone market, but thanks to the Verizon iPhone, its growth has ... |
Apple up, Android flat in smartphone growthThe Loop - Jim Dalrymple - 30 Jun, 2011A new study released by market research firm Nielsen on Thursday shows that more people are buying smartphones and Apple is seeing growth in the market. According to Nielsen's May survey, 38 percent of mobile ... |
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Is the iPhone Getting a Second Wind in Battle Versus Android?All Things Digital - Ina Fried - 30 Jun, 2011The most recent survey from Nielsen shows that among recent smartphone buyers, Apple has been regaining ground, although total Android usage still outpaces the iPhone. “Android continues to be the most popular smartphone operating system, ... |
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Google Android tops as smartphone platform in JapanTelecompaper (subscription) - 30 Jun, 2011Google Android led as the top smartphone platform in March with 4.6 million users, more than doubling its subscriber base from December 2010 in Japan, according to a study by comScore Japan. Apple ranked second and grew 17 percent with 3.9 million ... |
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