Apple has reportedly regained shares in the US smartphone market with its latest iPhone release, a new survey has revealed.
The comScore survey revealed that the tech giant captured 41.8 percent of smartphone sales in the final three months of 2013, up from 40.6 percent in the three months to September.
According to News24, the gains are attributed to the September release of its iPhone 5S and 5C models in the US and other world markets.
The survey found that Apple remained ahead of Samsung with 26.1percent share in the US market.
Meanwhile, Lenovo-owned Motorola has a 6.7 percent market share, compared to 6.8 percent in the previous three-month period, while LG has 6.6 percent share and HTC with 5.7 percent market share.
The report added that despite Apple iPhone being most popular among Americans, the Android platform came as the top leader with 51.5 percent of smartphone subscribers compared to Apple's iOS with 41.8 percent.