Market Research firm NPD has released its snapshot of the U.S. smartphone industry in the fourth quarter. During that three month period that included the launch of the Apple iPhone 4S, the iOS platform had a 43% share of the U.S. smartphone market. The Android OS had a leading 48% slice of the pie for the quarter. Despite this lead, the Apple iPhone 4S jumped over Samsung and LG to be the nation’s top-selling smartphone brand in the period. The top 5 smartphones purchased in the holiday quarter by U.S. consumers 18 or older were the Apple iPhone 4S, Apple iPhone 4, Apple iPhone 3GS, Samsung Galaxy S II and the Samsung Galaxy S 4G.

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