Android may be Dominant, but it's Iphone, which is making the gains.

For the first quarter of 2014, the iPhone had more sales than android  in several key countries, including the UK, France, Spain, Japan, and Australia, said in an anonoymous  report released Monday. As one example, the iPhone's share of smartphone sales surged to 57.6 percent in Japan, up from 49 percent for the same quarter last year. The iPhone is actually the favorite among Japanese consumers, leavingAndroid in second place with a 41.5 percent share.

Over the past quarter, the iPhone snagged 42 percent of all smartphone sales on Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo, 59 percent on KDDI AU, and 81 percent on Softbank, according to Kantar. Japanese consumers cited the phone's design and 4G capability as well as its expected reliability as key factors behind its appeal.