The "unlocked" smartphone market has been growing rapidly across the United States in recent years. However it posted -13% YoY decline during Q2 2017 mainly due to seasonality, as well as sluggish performance of some OEMs. BLU maintained the top position this quarter but lost ground to other OEMs. Motorola ranked the second largest position, followed by, Samsung, Apple and LG.

Our extensive report from our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service contains quarterly unlocked smartphone shipments and marketshare for the top 15 vendors in the United States from 2013 through Q2 2017. The report also contains US unlocked smartphone forecasts, as well as unlocked iPhone forecasts from 2012 through 2022. This report is a valuable tool for mobile stakeholders who want to size the fast-growing, high-value unlocked smartphone market in US.