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Strong iPhone 4S Sales Narrows Market Gap between iOS, Android

The battle for smartphone supremacy can be seen as a handicap match of sorts. Apple’s iOS platform has only one representative, the iPhone, while on the other hand, there are several Android phones making up the market share of Google’s operating system.

According to a survey from Nielsen, the iPhone 4S, again the lone bearer of the iOS flag, is becoming the smartphone of choice for more and more consumers.

The figures revealed by Nielsen last Wednesday were culled from 2011 numbers, and it was evident in these numbers that the iPhone kept gaining ground steadily as months went on. This was especially true in the two months following the iPhone 4S’ October 2011 release. That said, close to 50 percent of all respondents still favored Android phones based on the survey results.

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How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work

When Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley’s top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked to come with a question for the president.

But as Steven P. Jobs of Apple spoke, President Obama interrupted with an inquiry of his own: what would it take to make iPhones in the United States?

Not long ago, Apple boasted that its products were made in America. Today, few are. Almost all of the 70 million iPhones, 30 million iPads and 59 million other products Apple sold last year were manufactured overseas.

Why can’t that work come home? Mr. Obama asked.

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