iPhone Is Achieving Ground In The U.S. But Android Is Still On Top

By Marnelle Joyce | Jan 13, 2017 | 03:00 AM EST

iPhone of the Apple Company had a pronounced holiday season with its great sales but Google's Android continues to prevail among all the sales.

iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 6s were the three famous smartphones in the U.S. They are considered for the 31.3 percent of smartphone disposals for three months that lasted on November 30.

Samsung's Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge were the following phones that garnered lots of sales providing the Korean business firm 28.9 percent of the deal. Kantar WorldPanel unveiled the data on Wednesday according to Recode report.

The iPhone garnered almost a quarter of the market in the majority of European countries, Kantar stated. Android also earned market allocation of 72.4 percent. Windows, on the other hand, is declining for it only accounted 3 percent market.

China is still in a challenge position regarding market for the iPhone. Its market allocation went beyond 20 percent compared from more than 25 percent in the same period of 2015.

As per the CNET, Android's grip is slithering in the U.S. Kantar said because it falls successively sixth times during the market period. Android garnered a 55 percent of smartphone bargains in the U.S. from 60 percent on the same holiday period in 2015. However, Android continues to succeed on its share for the worldwide smartphone market.

Huawei solely accounted 25 percent of transactions for the duration of three months out of the 80 percent total sale of Android. Google's Pixel phone garnered for 1.3 percent of smartphones retailed with over half of its deals arriving via Verizon.

Apple is notably achieving market share during the holiday season, and Android mislaid its share in the U.S. over the six quarters as per Kantar. The thorough quarterly sale result of Apple is scheduled to be presented on January 31. This should provide a complete description how the iPhone performed in the last quarter of 2016.

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