Four out of 10 U.S. smartphone users have an Android-based handset, according to
new data from comScore covering the three months ending in June.
That estimate roughly matches the 39% U.S. market share for Android in June reported by Nielsen last week. comScore said Apple was second, with a 26.6% share, followed by BlackBerry-maker Research in
Motion, at 23.4%, Microsoft, 5.8%, and Symbian, 2%. Android's 40.1% share share was up from 34.7% a year ago, and 38.1% in May. Apple's share was up 1 percentage point from a year ago, while
RIM's dropped 3.7 points, and Microsoft's 1.7 points. Symbian was essentially flat, falling 0.3 points.