"2013 has real potential for Huawei to move from being a budget choice to a genuine challenger, " said Dominic Sunnebo, global consumer insight director at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech.

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Kantar Worldpanel ComTech might not put that issue to bed once and for all, but its latest study suggests that there's at least some appeal to all that extra glass.

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BlackBerry phones currently has just 1.1% of the U.S. smartphone market, according to the latest statistics from Kantar Worldpanel, while the iPhone has grown to 51% and Android, 44%.

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On Wednesday, the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel showed that Morrisons' UK market share had fallen to 11.5% in the 12 weeks to 28 October, from 12% a year earlier.

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Kantar Worldpanel, the retail consultancy, published its findings on UK grocery market share in the six weeks to 23 December, showing till receipts up on 2011 by 3.2%, against grocery inflation of 4.5%.

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Apple iPhones is taking market share back from Android, accounting for 53.3% of U.S. smartphone sales for the 12-week period ending November 25, according to the market research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech.

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While Apple shares have been dropping recently, a new report from Kantar Worldpanel Comtech has revealed that during the last 12 weeks, Apple has sold its highest-ever share of smartphones in the U.S. with over 53%.

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Pent-up UK demand for the new iPhone 4S meant that Apple sold more than three times as many phones in October as in any of the three previous months, eclipsing the rival Google platform, according to data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech.

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