When last we checked in with Nielsen (which was earlier this month) Google’s mobile OS had a large lead, powering just below 42-percent of smartphones sold, while Apple had cornered a greater than respectable 28-percent of the market. Within the few short weeks since, Android has seen its share grow to 43-percent. More interestingly, of the over 25,500 surveyed who had purchased a smartphone within the last three months, a whopping 56-percent chose to compliment the Goog. Apple held a steady 28-percent around the board. Big G’s gains came on the expense of RIM (only 9-percent of phones sold inside the last three months were BlackBerries) and the ambiguous “other” (Symbian, Windows Phone 7, Bada, MeeGo, etc… accounted for six-percent of sales). More important than selection of platform though, is that smartphone sales typically are climbing — accounting for 58-percent of all handsets sold in August and driving smartphone penetration to 43-percent.
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