document: Verizon iPhone tops in cell phones in February , but Android continues to surge Follow me on Twitter and on Facebook A new report from comScore citing the state of the U.S. mobile phone market at the end of February , 2011 showed that the Verizon iPhone was the most popular cell phone model -LRB- not just smartphone model -RRB- in February . That enabled Apple 's market share to rise from Nov. 2010 '' `` s report to Feb. 2011 report . Despite that , however , the report showed that Android 's market share surge was unabated , as its market share rose 7 percent to 33 percent or one-third of the U.S. smartphone market . Meanwhile , Apple 's share rose slightly , to 25.2 percent . It was 25.0 percent in November . Android continued to take share out of all the other platforms . RIM was hurt the most ; it saw its share drop 4.6 percent , falling below 30 percent for the first time , to 28.9 percent . Windows Phone 7 did not forestall Microsoft 's declining fortunes , as its market share dropped from 9 percent to 7.7 percent . HP dropped from 3.9 percent to 2.8 percent . Advertisement As opposed to platforms , when one looks at mobile OEMs , since Android is split across many OEMs , there 's little way for a single Android manufacturer to stem the tide of the iPhone and Apple in overall cell phone manufacturing share . Among OEMs , Apple was up nearly a full point to 7.5 percent , nearing RIM , which dropped slightly to 8.6 percent . Top OEM Samsung gained market share to hold on to the lead at 24.8 percent ; LG was flat ; Motorola dropped nearly 1 percent to 16.1 percent , as its feature phones too much for Motorola 's smartphones to make up for .
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