It’s hard to make a case that any company other than Apple or Samsung has any momentum in the American smartphone market. The latest numbers from comScore show that the smartphone industry’s heavy hitters further consolidated their hold on the United States smartphone market by growing to a combined 65% share of all U.S. smartphones by the end of August 2013. In all, Apple’s share of the U.S. market grew from 39.2% in May 2013 to 40.7% in August 2013 while Samsung’s grew from 23% in May to 24.3% in May. No other major vendor increased its market share over this period, as HTC, LG, Motorola and BlackBerry all saw their market shares either fall or stay stagnant. ComScore’s press

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