Nielsen: Over 50 percent of US mobile users own smartphones, Android and iPhone sitting pretty

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Smartphones crossed an important milestone in March, based on Nielsen's estimates. Just over half of cellphone owners in the US -- 50.4 percent, to be exact -- had a smartphone of some kind, making [dumbphones][3] the minority for the first time. The smartphone tale of the tape shows that the OS split has largely tapered off [since February][4]. Android has only moved slightly and still sits atop [the heap][5], claiming 48.5 percent of users, but Apple hasn't had to worry given that 32 percent of smartphone owners use an iPhone. As is increasingly [becoming the familiar story][6], other platforms trailed well behind: RIM's BlackBerry sat at 11.6 percent, while Windows Mobile, at 4.1 percent, was more popular than its Windows Phone successor's 1.7 percent. Apple can still claim to be the top-selling individual smartphone maker in the country, suggesting Samsung hasn't translated its [worldwide lead][7] to the US just yet.

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