According to latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor quarterly tracker program,USA smartphone market reached 33 million unitsat the end of Q1 2014. The smartphone marketgrew a modest 7%annually butnow accounts for more than 87% of the total handset shipments, highest ever.

Some highlights during the quarter for the US smartphone market include:

• Samsungwas thetop handset supplierwhile Apple was the top smartphone supplier
• Apple&Samsungtogether captured more thantwo-thirdsof thesmartphonemarket
• TCL-Alcatelbecame thefourth largest handset supplierandfifth largest smartphone supplierin USA, maninly taking share away from Huawei
• Androidshare rose to59%of the total smartphone shipped during the quarter &Windows Phonegrew to slightly under4%
• Three out of foursmartphones shipped during the quarter wereLTE smartphones
• Apple & Samsungcombined captured more than70% of the LTE shipments
• In terms ofin-carrier sharefor the brands,Appledominated the big two carriers capturingmore thanhalf of Verizon & AT&T’s smartphoneshipments andmore than a thirdof smartphone shipments atT-Mobile & Sprintrespectively
• Samsung是顶级品牌tT-Mobileand regional carriers while the next best performing brands were:Nokia (at AT&T), Alcatel (at T-Mobile), ZTE (at Sprint) & Motorola (at Verizon)
• T-Mobile(with MetroPCS) is nowthe third largest smartphone carrier in terms of smartphone volumes buyerclosely behind AT&T overtaking Sprint platform (with all MVNOs). Uncarrier strategy is surely working for the carrier attracting a wave of new smartphone subscribers

Exhibit: OEMs Smartphone market share by Carrier for Q1 2014

Source: Market Monitor Q1 2014 Report

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