iPhone overtakes Android to claim majority of US smartphone market

In the US, there are more iPhones in use than any other type of phone. The Financial Times cites data from Counterpoint Research, which states that in June the iPhone overtook the rest of the market in the US. Apple achieved its highest ever share of the American market. The active installed base is a metric that takes into account all the people who are using aniOS device after purchasing one used.

In the early days of the iPhone, the market share for the operating system was very low. The companies that dominated the space at that time were: The larger install base was claimed by Android by the year 2010. According to Statcounter, the dominance of the mobile operating system has been since then.

There's no reason for Google to be worried about it. The iPhone has always had a bigger presence in the US than other countries. The company is keeping an eye on the situation. Jeff Fieldhack, Counterpoint's research director, told The Times that the milestone could be replicated in other countries. In the second quarter of the year, Apple dominated the premium smartphones market, with the iPhone accounting for 57 percent of all sales.