Nielsen's latest report on the smartphone ecosystem reaffirms NPD's stats, which showed Apple gained significant momentum amongst U.S. consumers who bought a phone in Q4 (October - December) of last year.From the report:
Among recent acquirers, meaning those who said they got a new device within the past three months, 44.5 percent of those surveyed in December said they chose an iPhone, compared to just 25.1 percent in October. Furthermore, 57 percent of new iPhone owners surveyed in December said they got an iPhone 4S.
The iPhone 4S helped reduce Android's lead over iPhone, from 36.5 percent to a mere 4 percent, in just a matter of three months. Also, the last sentence suggests that it wasn't just the iPhone 4S that contributed to these figures, but also the lower priced iPhone 4 and (free) iPhone 3GS.
Overall marketshare amongst all those surveyed didn't undergo a major change though. Android remained at the top with a share of 46.3 percent, followed by iOS at 30 percent trailed by the usual suspects - RIM, Windows Mobile and others.
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