Showing posts with label smartphone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label smartphone. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Android had 75 of the Smartphone Market Share in the Third Quarter of 2012



Three out of every four smartphones shipped during the third quarter of 2012 were Android smartphone.  Total worldwide shipments reached 136.0 million units, accounting for 75.0% of the 181.1 million smartphones shipped in the quarter. This also represents a 91.5% year-over-year growth with Android nearly doubling its overall market growth rate of 46.4%.

Apples iPhone took up 15% of the market, with BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows Phone and Linux sharing the last 10%. 

Windows Phone 7 had a small 2% market share with 3.6 million Windows Phone 7 devices shipping in the quarter, still this represents a 140% increase over the same quarter laster year when 1.5 million Windows Phone were shipped.  

Source: IDC
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Android Dominating Over 90 Of Chinas Smartphone Market Share

Earlier this year China overtook the US and became the worlds biggest mobile phone market and its biggest carrier is China Mobile. The most popular mobile OS amongst the China users are android and the latest numbers show that Android now accounts for 90% of all smartphone OS used in China. The reason why android could get that amount of market share is because people in China buy cheap phones and study shows that cheap android phones sell best in China. The other mobile OS like symbian, iOS and BB are facing some declines in market share. 

Source: Phonearena 
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