Kantar: Apple's smartphone OS still the top selling in US for last quarter of 2012

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[Kantar's](http://www.engadget.com/tag/Kantar/) numbers for the final quarter of last year are in, and things are [still looking peachy](http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/21/kantar-iphone-5-boosts-apples-us-smartphone-share-to-53-3-perc/) for Apple in the US smartphone market. According to the research firm, Cupertino scored 51.2-percent of smartphone sales in the states for the quarter, which drew to a close two days before Christmas. The second and third place entrants are the same as well, with Android at 44.4-percent and Microsoft's mobile version of Windows at 2.6-percent sales. On the carrier side, AT&T scored exactly a third of smartphone sales, with Verizon close before at 32-percent, according to to Kantar's numbers. Sprint, meanwhile, is in third with less than half of that number at 14.8-percent. More results can be found in the source link.

Filed under: [Cellphones](http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/), [Mobile](http://www.engadget.com/category/mobile/), [Apple](http://www.engadget.com/category/apple/), [Microsoft](http://www.engadget.com/category/microsoft/), [Google](http://www.engadget.com/category/google/), [Verizon](http://www.engadget.com/category/verizon/), [Sprint](http://www.engadget.com/category/sprint/), [AT&T](http://www.engadget.com/category/atandt/)

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**Source:** [Kantar](http://www.kantarworldpanel.com/global/News/news-articles/US-iOS-Maintains-Lead-Among-US-Smartphone-OS-Sales)

URL: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/22/kantar-ios/