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"Apple is back on top of the smartphone market in the U.S., following the release of the latest iPhone, according to a new report.\nThe iPhone had a 48.1% share of the U.S. smartphone market in the 12-week period ending Oct. 28, beating out Android's 46.7% share of the market during this period, according to report on Tuesday from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech.\u00A0Apple's share of the market increased by 25.7 percentage points from the same time period a year before, while Android's market share decreased by 16.6 percentage points.\nMuch of this is due to what Kantar calls the \"strong uptake\" for the iPhone 5, which came out halfway through this 12-week time period.\u00A0As the consumer research group points out in the report, the last time Apple overtook Android was when the previous iPhone was released.\n\u201CThe last time we saw iOS overtake Android in the U.S. was when the iPhone 4S was released and Apple managed to retain its lead for three consecutive periods,\" said Dominic Sunnebo, global consumer insight director at Kantar, in a statement. \"This time we predict that Apple will beat its previous high of 49.3% and achieve its highest ever share of the U.S.smartphone market within the next two periods.\u201D\nWhile the iPhone 5 has helped iOS to regain the top spot in the U.S., Apple's phones are falling behind Android in several other countries. Apple's share of the smartphone market declined year-over-year in Australia, Germany and Brazil, while Android had significant gains in all three countries. Apple's share increased in other countries like the U.K., France and Italy, but at a slower rate than Android increased.\n\nImage courtesy of Flickr, BENM.AT Live Coverage; chart courtesy of Kantar Worldpanel ComTech."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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