HTC takes top smartphone spot in U.S. according to Q3 data from Canalys
"Samsung blew past Apple and Nokia in the third quarter to become the
> No. 1 smartphone vendor in the world, but another emerging smartphone
> vendor stole the top spot in the U.S. according to a new report.
> Market research firm Canalys on Monday released country-level
> smartphone shipment estimates and according to its figures, HTC
> shipped 5.7 million own-brand smartphones and another 700,000
> T-Mobile-branded handsets in the U.S. last quarter to take the top
> spot with 6.4 million total devices shipped. Samsung shipped 4.9
> million smartphones in the U.S. last quarter according to Canalys, and
> Apple shipped 4.6 million iPhones to slide to the No. 3 spot. "However
> you count it, HTC has become a deserved leader in the US smart phone
> market," said Canalys analyst Chris Jones in a statement. "This is an
> awesome achievement for HTC, which has built a premium brand in a
> highly competitive market in just a few short years. It now has a
> strong range of 4G Android products, with devices ranged by each of
> the major carriers, and offers some of the most compelling and
> differentiated products found on the platform today."
The remainder of the article at the above URL is the full press release from Canalys.