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# Smartphones: Apple Grows, Android Soars [CHART]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/smartphone-growth-apple-grows-android-soars-chart/
- Published: 2011-07-06T08:59:38.000Z
- Updated: 2011-07-06T08:59:38.000Z
- Description: What platform should you be developing an app for? comScore data for three months ending May 2011 found Google Android widening its lead among smartphone platforms in the U.S. with. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/07/smartphone-growth-apple-grows-android-soars-chart.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Apps, Mobile & SMS, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:55

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What platform should you be developing an app for? comScore [data](http://www.comscore.com/Press%5FEvents/Press%5FReleases/2011/7/comScore%5FReports%5FMay%5F2011%5FU.S.%5FMobile%5FSubscriber%5FMarket%5FShare?ref=hypebot.com) for three months ending May 2011 found Google Android widening its lead among smartphone platforms in the U.S. with 38.1% market share up 5.1%. Apple strengthened its #2 position with 26.6% of the smartphone market, up 1.4%. RIM was 3rd with 24.7%, followed by Microsoft at 5.8% and Palm at 2.4%.

[![image from static7.businessinsider.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201543383f5fb970c-450wi "image from static7.businessinsider.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201543383f5fb970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com) *image from [Silicon Alley Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-smartphone-platforms-2011-7?ref=hypebot.com)*