44% of smartphones activated during the holidays were iPhone models

According to a fresh report from Flurry Analytics, 44% of smartphones activated during the holiday season had the Apple logo on back. Samsung was next, accounting for 21% of holiday phone activations. Huawei and LG were third and fourth with 3% and 2% of activations respectively. As Flurry points out, this is very unusual since neither of those two manufacturers has a phone listed in the top 35 of activated handsets. All of these calculations were made by Flurry for the week leading to the start of Christmas Day and Chanukah.

During the week leading up to the Christmas holiday, phablets ...