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Apple's Market Share Is Dwindling: Samsung's Smartphone Sales Increase In The US

“Apple remains the dominant smartphone manufacturer in the U.S., but Samsung is catching up,” said Harry Wang, the director of Health & Mobile Product Research at Parks Associates.

An interesting fact is that the Android platform makes up 60 percent of the smartphone market, whereas Apple products, like the iPhone 6s running the iOS, make up 40 percent.

There’s also a little information about the ever-changing trends with phone upgrades, according to the smartphone market report.

From the article "Apple's Market Share Is Dwindling: Samsung's Smartphone Sales Increase In The US" by Thomas Kuegler.

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