ComScore: Apple's U.S. smartphone market share reached 41.8% in Q4 2013

According to the latest data from market research company ComScore, Apple and Samsung still accounted for the majority of the US smartphone market in the fourth quarter of 2013, but Apple's performance was far better than Samsung's. Specifically, in the last three months of 2013, Apple's market share reached 41.8%, while Samsung's was only 26.1%. The top five also included Motorola, LG and HTC, with 6.7%, 6.6% and 5.7% respectively.

In terms of platforms, Android has slightly declined, but still ranks first with a share of 51.5%; Apple's iOS is second. BlackBerry and Microsoft are third and fourth, with 3.4% and 3.1% respectively. Nokia's Symbian, which is still "standing on", has only 0.2% left.

Overall, there were 156 million smartphone users in the U.S. in Q4 2013, up 3.2% from Q3 2013. This number accounts for about half of the U.S. population.