Android leading in US with 52 %

 US — puts Android on top for the third consecutive quarter. Android returns is back above 50 percent of sales after dropping to 49.3 percent in the previous report.

The Google-owned platform is estimated to hold a dominant 51.5 percent share of sales in the US, ahead of iOS on 42.5 percent. Windows Phone is the nearest challenger way back on 4 percent, ahead of BlackBerry on 1.1 percent.

In a boost for Microsoft and Nokia, Windows Phone was saw the largest increase in the US over the past 12 months, as sales vastly improved on the 2.9 percent.The bulk of that is likely from Nokia’s Lumia series, but the Finish firm still has much work to do in the US, as its Q2 2013 financial results showed and Windows Phone is down from 5.6 percent in the previous report.

iOS improved its share of sales from 39.2 percent last year but Android declined slightly from 52.6 percent. BlackBerry’s crash continued as it slumped down from a then-third ranked to account for a meager 1.1 percent of US smartphone sales as of June 2013.

Operator-wise, judged Verizon to have performed best during the period.

Verizon notched a 5 percent gain in sales over the past year, standing out as the only operator to grow its numbers. Sprint takes the wooden spoon for biggest loss, estimating that its unit sales figure declined by 8.5 percent to reach 13.8 million units, as of June 2013.

It estimates that 40 percent of all iOS devices sold went through Verizon — fractionally ahead of the 39 percent attributed to AT&T — and it is estimated to have captured more Android- and Windows Phone-based sales too.