Market research firm, comScore, has released the latest data from its MobiLens service, looking at key trends within the US mobile phone industry over the three month period ending June 2012. The analytics firm’s study surveyed more than 30 000 US mobile subscribers.

Samsung again managed to come up tops as the leading handset manufacturer overall, by snapping up a market share of 25.6%. In terms of mobile platforms, Google’s Android operating system (OS) continues to increase its stake of the US smartphone OS market. Android now accounts for 51.6% of all smartphone subscribers, whilst Apple’s iOS captured 32.4% of the market.

OEM market share

While Samsung got comfy on top of the US OEM throne, competition heated up for second place with the Korean tech giant’s neighbour LG finishing ahead of Apple courtesy of its 18.8% share of the pie.

Completing the top three is the Cupertino-based iPhone and iPad maker, whose share of the OEM market continues to grow, increasing by 1.4 percentage points to 15.4% of mobile subscribers. Apple is followed by Google-owned Motorola Mobility and its 11.7%, with Taiwanese smartphone and tablet maker HTC coming in fifth place with a 6.4% share of the US smartphone market.