comScore offers new data for the month of September 2015

Nov 8, 2015 08:19 GMT  ·  By

Apple continues to be the top US smartphone manufacturer, according to new data provided by comScore, despite a small decline from the three-month period ending June 2015.

The new data shows that Apple retains the leading position with a 43.6 percent share of smartphone subscribers, down 0.5 percent. Samsung is the second in this chart with 27.6 percent, also a decline of 0.5 percent, while LG is third with 9.4 percent, up 1.1 percent.

Despite the fact that Apple is the leading phone OEM, iOS isn't the most-used smartphone platform in the United States, comScore shows. Android is currently number one with 52.3 percent, up 0.7 percent, while iOS is only second with 43.6 percent, a drop of 0.5 percent.

These figures, however, do not include the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, both of which were announced on September 9 and launched shortly after that. The iOS decline was thus predictable given the fact that new devices were just around the corner, so expect bigger improvements for Apple's platform in the next results.

Two out of three iDevices already running iOS 9

Apple says iOS 9 is the fastest adopted version of iOS ever, and statistics that the company released the past week come to confirm this.

iOS 9 is already running on 66 percent of compatible devices, according to Apple's figures, while iOS 8 is only powering 25 percent of iPhones and iPads. Earlier versions exist on just 9 percent of devices.

The new version of iOS had an impressive debut in September, when after approximately 7 days of availability, it was already running on more than 50 percent of compatible devices. Adoption rates are expected to grow even more in the coming weeks, as a number of users are still holding back the update because of found bugs, such as reduced battery life.

iOS 9 performance, however, is significantly better, and although a number of bugs have already been discovered, the new version is said to bring huge boosts, especially on older devices.

iOS 9 is the fastest adopted version of iOS ever
iOS 9 is the fastest adopted version of iOS ever

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