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Android is now the second best-selling single smartphone OS in the United States, but the mobile OS still dominates the world.The growing sales of iPhone 5 in the United States helped IOS the best operating system for Smartphone in the land of Android, second link for investigation of market team Kantar World Panel fixed.

Kantar on Tuesday, said that his research has found that the iPhone currently 63.4% market share in the United States market for smart phones, compared with 46.7% of Android market.

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IPhone 4S earlier led Ondrej sales for three consecutive quarters, finally, a high market share according to Kantar 49.3%-analyst Dominic Sunnebo. He predicted that Apple could overcome this contribution in the next two quarters, thanks to the iPhone 5.

Kantar uses a combination of surveys among consumers and third-party claims to derive their market numbers. Depending on the reaction of consumer scientist 1.3 million worldwide after Kantar Web page regularly.

Sunnebo said in an e-mail message the same consumer conversations to find, if you have four weeks Kantar phones. The customer gets a new phone, researcher finds and designs involved and the reasons for the changes. Kantar is regularly about some 20,000 consumers, says Sunnebo.

The legendary loyalty of customers Apple explains part of the iPhone. Kantar said that 62 percent of iPhone os sales, 5 coming from the current owners of the Apple iPhone to a new device. Switching between Android and iPhone 5, 13% of the total amount and the people, the transition from the 6 percent total BlackBerry device.

"An impressive 92 percent of Apple owners exist in the United States, said that he chose the next time, iPhone update," Sunnebo said.

He also announced the display of the decision of 15.4 and greater capacity for Apple Apple iPhone 4 4 g LTE 5. Apple Smartphone went on sale 21. September in the United States and eight other countries and has 5 million units sold in the first three days, according to Apple. More smartphone screens are important for consumers, according to Kantar.

Sunnebo report is based on sales to 12 weeks after the end of the 28th of October, that is approximately five weeks after the sale of iPhone 5. While the iPhone platform maintains a leadership position in the United States, Android still dominate the world. IDC said recently about 243 million base of all brands that deliver Smartphone Android in the world in 2011, compared with Apple 93 million. By 2012 all IDC predicts that Android smartphones are delivered to seller 455 million compared with 147 million iPhones.

As a single model, the iPhone remains the most sold in the world, stronger than the popular Android phones like Samsung Galaxy S 3.