Sprint smartphone sales help Android jump ahead of iPhone in the U.S.

Sprint smartphone sales help Android jump ahead of iPhone in the U.S.:
During the three-month period ending in January, Google's (GOOG) Android operating system once again surpassed iOS in U.S. smartphone sales thanks to the help of an unlikely partner. According to Kantar Worldpanel, Android smartphone sales at Sprint (S) helped the operating system climb 6.4 percentage points to account for nearly half, or 49.4%, of all U.S. smartphone sales. In the same period, iPhone sales dropped 4.7 points from a year ago to make up 45.9% of U.S. smartphone sales, while sales of Windows Phone's share increased to 3.2%.

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