Samsung and LG now account for most Android smartphone sales in the US

A new report from Kantar WorldPanel is showing that Korean tech giants Samsung and LG now account for 78 percent of Android sales in the United States. Despite the huge figure, LG isn’t actually making much off of these sales.

Furthermore, LG has been able to double its market share in the US, and has surpassed Samsung as far as attracting first time smartphone buyers, goes. The report notes that the real success here is LG, not Samsung, as you might think.

“While the Android ecosystem in Europe and China continues to offer several brands to choose from, Android in the U.S. is undergoing its strongest consolidation yet, with Samsung and LG now accounting for 78% of all Android sales,” Milanesi added. “LG is the real success story of the quarter. Not only did it double its share of the U.S. smartphone market once again, but it was also able, for the first time, to acquire more first-time smartphone buyers than Samsung.”

Android holds quite the crown in China, as well. It accounted for 79 percent of smartphones sales during Q2 2015, and Huawei has actually taken the lead among some top smartphone vendors. Three of its smartphones, the Honor 4X, Honor 6, and Honor 6 Plus all made it into the top 10 smartphones league.

All of this goes to show that Android is doing extremely well across the globe. As Google and other manufactures continue to innovate, it will no doubt see a continued rise in popularity.

However, Google will no doubt see some competition with iOS 9 and the next big iPhone release this year.

source: Kantar
via: Android Central

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