<p>FORTUNE -- "Samsung's Radio City Music Hall launch of its Galaxy S IV smartphone made good headlines, but consumer buying data shows that at the checkout counter, Apple continues to eat Samsung's lunch."</p><p>So writes the Yankee Group's Carl Howe, in defiance of conventional wisdom, summarizing the findings of a survey of 16,000 U.S. smartphone customers.</p><p>Howe's bottom line: Google's (GOOG) Android has probably peaked, while Apple's (AAPL) iOS can look forward to steady growth.</p><p>The key, he says, is customer loyalty: "Apple's 'black hole' ecosystem captures subscribers who never leave, while Android smartphones are losing one out of every six customers to other manufacturers."</p><p><a href="http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/04/27/apple-iphone-android-yankee/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/04/27/study-says-ios-will-top-android-in-u-s-by-2015/">Is Android Leaking Users? Survey Says Loyalty Will Drive iOS to the Top in US ...</a> (TechnoBuffalo)</p><p><a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/04/26/loyalty-to-apple-driving-iphone-market-share-gains-vs-android---survey">Loyalty to Apple driving iPhone market share gains vs. Android - survey</a> (Apple Insider)</p><p><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2418204,00.asp">Survey: Apple to Eclipse Android by 2016</a> (PC Magazine)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d5ZY-RPf66d_FdMZFbFd1O4nZlvgM&ned=us">129 additional articles.</a></p>