Android has supremacy in the U.S. market; basic cell ... - The Nation Costa Rica

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Google Android platform occupied the majority of mobile phones in the U.S. market in early 2014, and considering that most consumers have not abandoned the smart phones, according to a poll released Friday.
The survey of Consumer Intelligence Research Partners found that 53% of new handsets activated January-March by customers in the U.S. were Android devices.
Apple iOS, the platform used by the iPhone, accounting for 42%, according to the survey.
Late last year, 20% of U.S. consumers bought a “basic”.
Mike Levin, co-founder of the research firm, said the user base of Apple’s iPhone “grew slightly faster than Android, from from a smaller base, although in absolute terms used by Android phones-Samsung-had a wider participation.
“The long-term issue is where the growth will come from Android iOS and when there is no more basic phones on the market. The primary buyers of smartphones are key to the equation, “he added The report was based on a survey of 500 U.S. adults, consulted between 1 and April 6, that activated a new or used in the first three months of phone.