Android exceeded Apple's US smartphone market share by 10% in Q3

Washington: Google`s operating system Android that is still the dominant smartphone platform has exceeded Apple`s U.S. smartphone market share by almost 10 percent in the third quarter, according to stats by research firm ComScore.

Android`s U.S. smartphone market was 52.1 percent, up slightly from 51.9 percent for the prior three months, reported CNET.

While Apple`s share dipped to 41.7 percent from 42.1 percent over the same period but its share may show growth in ComScore`s next report.

Apple launched its iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices on September 19, so the new phones were not included in most of the three-month period revealed by ComScore.

ComScore counted 174 million people in the U.S. who owned smartphones, up just 1 percent from the prior three months.