Nielsen's figures for 2011 so far report that, while Android remains the largest player in the smartphone market with a 38 percent share, it's iPhone that's been gaining the most growth in recent months.
Coming from behind
Nielsen reports 38 percent of mobile consumers in the US now own a smartphone, with 55 percent who purchased a phone in the last three months getting a smartphone.
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Still, Android's share puts it comfortably ahead of iPhone on 27 pecent, BlackBerry on 21 percent, and the legacy Windows Mobile on 9 percent, but Google's growth has been curtailed through the first half of 2011.
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Despite the slowdown, Nielsen notes Android remains the most popular OS for new purchases.
[source: Nielsen]