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"Despite the growing dominance of the Android operating system, Apple continues to maintain a healthy lead in the smartphone handset space, according to a report from comScore on Tuesday. \nThe report tracks industry data covering the last three months of 2013 and offers a snapshot of smartphone trends in the U.S. in the coming months. Based on comScore\u2019s research, the iPhone has a 41.8 percent market share in the U.S., a 1.2 percent uptick from the previous quarter and an indication that reports of the iPhone\u2019s potentially waning popularity were likely premature. \nSee also: Apple's Holiday Quarter: By the Numbers\nAnd while the Android platform still maintains the lead in the U.S. at 51.5 percent market share, in terms of hardware, Android phones make up just 26.1 percent of the overall U.S. smartphone market. \n\"The only way for manufacturers to pull ahead in this new mobile landscape is to ensure they are able to meet the upgrade pace and recover the value of existing or old devices, creating stickiness between them and the consumer,\" Bashar Nejdawi, president of Ingram Micro North America Mobility, a provider of device lifecycle services for several leading smartphone manufacturers, told Mashable. \nSome Android enthusiasts might point to the platform's increasing market share as a signal that Apple\u2019s iOS may be on the down swing, but comScore\u2019s report claims that iOS currently holds 41.8 percent of the mobile operating system space in the U.S., a significant 1.2 percent jump from the previous quarter.  Bolstered by the release of the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C, Apple\u2019s improved numbers won\u2019t come as much of a surprise to those who followed Apple's recent earnings report, which revealed that the company broke a sales record last year, selling 51 million iPhones in the first quarter. \nHowever, what might come as a bit of a surprise are the sinking numbers for handset makers like HTC (down to 5.7 percent market share from 7.1 percent) and Motorola (down to 6.7 percent market share from 6.8 percent) during the same period. \nOn the software side, Microsoft's mobile operating system also suffered shrinkage, now down to 3.1 percent market share from 3.3 percent back in September.  \nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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