Samsung strengthens its position in the US mobile market

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The signs are good for Samsung in the mobile phone market right now. In our earlier story we saw Samsung gaining on Nokia for the title of number one smartphone maker in the huge, but immature Chinese market. Now, a couple more market researchers are reporting Samsung strengthening its position in the US.

The first source is Gartner, via Samsung itself, which has issued a press release stating that it was the number one Android phone supplier based on Gartner's retail sales figures. This is almost entirely down to the Samsung Galaxy S, of which over three million have now been sold in the States.

"I want to personally thank everyone who selected a Galaxy S smartphone as their mobile handset of choice. Neither of these wonderful accomplishments would have been possible without the loyalty and support of our customers," said Dale Sohn, president of Samsung Mobile.

The second source is comScore, which has released some figures looking into the share of all mobile phone subscribers in the US by OEM and smartphone subscribers by OS. Samsung was already the number one US phone OEM, but it has increased its market share by another percent or so in the past three months, while most of its rivals have lost ground.

Moving onto US smartphone share by OS, it won't surprise many to see Android grab another big chunk of market share, mainly at the expense of market leader RIM. Over 60 million people in the US now own smartphones - up 14 percent in the past three months and already a full quarter of the total phone market.