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Apple Reportedly Controlled 40 Percent Of The US Smartphone Market In 2015

Apple was the dominant local manufacturer by a comfortable gap between October and December, and now Parks Associates confirm the familiar status quo for the whole of last year. Namely, the research firm claims, about 40 percent of intelligent handhelds in use stateside in 2015 were iPhones, while Samsung seized a notably smaller but decent nonetheless 31 percent piece of the pie.

From the article "Apple Reportedly Controlled 40 Percent Of The US Smartphone Market In 2015" by Adrian Diaconescu.

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