Android dominated US smartphone sales from June to August

Rich Fiscus
26 Sep 2011 14:27

According to the results of Nielsen survey, Android dominated US smartphone sales between June and August of this year.
While they estimate only 43 percent of smartphones in the US run Google's mobile OS, they accounted for 56 percent of smartphone purchases over the three month period.

Before you read too much into that statistic, consider that Apple moved their annual summer iPhone launch back several months to October. If the trend from previous launches is an indication, it's likely iPhone sales will increase significantly as a result.

Of course, the iPhone won't be the only new phone in the market next month. Samsung's Galaxy S II is expected to go on sale from AT&T on October 2, just two days before the anticipated date for the iPhone announcement.

Samsung has already reported sales of 10 million Galaxy S IIs without the US market.

Given the likely boost both phones are likely to give the US smartphone market, especially being introduced to close to Christmas, the next three months could tell us more than the entire rest of the year.