July 13, 2011

Study: Verizon Commands One-Third of U.S. iPhone 4 Market Share

A little less than five months after Verizon Wireless began selling Apple's iPhone 4, the carrier has claimed 32 percent of the U.S. iPhone 4 market, according to a report from mobile application analytics firm Localytics.

While the report noted that AT&T still commands 68 percent of the iPhone 4 market, Verizon's share has been steadily growing since the February launch of the Verizon iPhone, despite Verizon launching the phone eight months after AT&T did. Moreover, according to Localytics, the growth has been accelerating, with Verizon capturing 7 percent of the market in May and June alone. Verizon's share started at around 20 percent in February and grew to 25 percent in April and around 26 percent in May.

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