Apple has emerged as the top smartphone manufacturer in the US with 36.3 percent share during the three month average period ending December 2012, according to comScore MobiLens service.

Apple is followed by Samsung ranked second with 21 percent market share (up 2.3 percentage points) since September, followed by HTC with 10.2 percent share, Motorola with 9.1 percent and LG with 7.1 percent (up 0.5 percentage points). The interesting fact is that HTC, Motorola and LG are witnessing a fierce competition from each other.

The study reveals that 125.9 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (54 percent mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in December, up 5 percent since September.

Google Android ranked as the top smartphone platform with 53.4 percent market share (up 0.9 percentage points), while Apple’s share increased 2 percentage points to 36.3 percent. Blackberry ranked third with 6.4 percent share, followed by Microsoft (2.9 percent) and Symbian (0.6 percent).

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