13.11.2013 09:20 Uhr, Quelle: Macworld UK

Once-pilloried Apple Maps gets the last laugh

Even after its extraordinary rough start last year, Apple Maps was used by nearly six out of every 10 U.S. iPhone owners during September, according to data recently published by metrics firm comScore.The rival Google Maps, meanwhile, shed an estimated 22.3 million users on Android and Apple smartphones during that same stretch, signaling that on most iPhones, Apple's own mapping app has replaced that of the Cupertino, Calif. company's one-time partner.Contrary to many headlines Monday, however, Google Maps is not fading into oblivion: With the growth in smartphone owners overall, Google Maps was still used by nearly 59 million people in September 2013, or 23.7 million more than Apple Maps.In fact, Apple Maps' user share on the iPhone has fallen in each of the three months July, August and September, dropping from 63.7% i the first to 58.3% i the last and losing nearly 2 million users monthly in the process.Ridiculed when it debuted in September 2012, Apple Maps was widely panne

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