ComScore reports Jan 2014 U.S. smartphone subscriber market share; Apple (AAPL) ranked as the top OEM with 41.6% of U.S. smartphone subscribers, up 1 percentage point from Oct
* comScore released data from comScore MobiLens and Mobile Metrix, reporting key trends in the U.S. smartphone industry for January 2014. Apple (AAPL) ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer with 41.6% OEM market share, while Google (GOOG) Android led as the #1 smartphone platform with 51.7% platform market share. Google Sites ranked as the top mobile media property, while Facebook (FB) was the top individual app.
* 159.8 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (66.8% mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in January, up 7% since October. Apple ranked as the top OEM with 41.6% of U.S. smartphone subscribers (up 1 percentage point from October). Samsung (SSNLF) ranked second with 26.7% market share (up 1.3 percentage points), followed by LG with 6.9% (up 0.3 percentage points), Motorola with 6.4% and HTC with 5.4%.
* Android ranked as the top smartphone platform in January with 51.7% market share, followed by Apple with 41.6% (up 1 percentage point), BlackBerry (BBRY) with 3.1%, Microsoft (MSFT) with 3.2% and Symbian with 0.2 percent.