Android Outranks IPhone in Latest ComScore Data

From PC World: Google's Android outranked Apple's iPhone in total smartphone subscribers in the U.S. at the end of the fourth quarter of 2010, according to survey data released Monday by market research company Comscore.

Android jumped to 28.7% of the 63.2 million U.S. smartphone owners at the end of December last year, up from 21.4% at the end of September, ComScore said. It based its findings on a survey of more than 12,000 smartphone subscribers ages 13 and older.

Android's upward climb put it in second position behind Blackberry maker Research in Motion at the end of December, pushing down Apple iPhone subscribers from second to third place by the end of the fourth quarter. The iPhone had 24.3% of U.S. subscribers at the end of September, rising to 25% by the end of December.

Subscribers to RIM's Blackberries dropped from 37.3% down to 31.6%, ComScore noted.

Android's ascendancy has been shown in other reports, including those from research firms Canalys and IDC .

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