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Despite this dip in revenue, Apple’s iPhone still holds the world’s 3rd largest market share among smartphones. Apple shipped 35.3 million iPhones in the second quarter of 2019, down by 14.6% from 41.3 million units one year ago

The iPhone is far and away the most popular smartphone in the U.S., according to a new report by research firm ComScore. According to ComScore, 169 million cellphone users in the U.S. use smartphones — representing around 70 percent of all mobile users.

Of these, Apple can lay claim to 41.9 percent of users, while runner-up Samsung has captured 27.8 percent of the market. After Samsung, the numbers drop dramatically to 6.5 percent for LG, 6.3 percent for Motorola, and 5.1 percent for HTC.

ComScore also analyzed the top smartphone applications people use on their devices, placing Facebook in top position (76.4 percent of all smartphone users), followed by the Google Play Store (for Android users)

Apple announced earlier this year that it has officially reached the 1 billion active devices milestone, setting it apart from many of its competitors. , with YouTube, Google Search, and Pandora Radio rounding out the rest of the top five. The most used iOS app was Apple Maps with 25.3 percent of all smartphone users.

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