Android had 5X the global market share in Q3 2012.
New data shows that Android nabbed 75 percent of the world's smartphone market share, while iOS trailed with 14.9 percent and BlackBerry brought up the rear with just 4 percent.
by Dara Kerr
November 1, 2012 5:52 PM PDT
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Data from IDC's Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker for the third quarter of 2012.
(Credit: IDC)
Android commanded the worldwide smartphone market share in the third quarter, new datafrom research firm IDC has revealed.
With a whopping 75 percent of market share and more than 181 million smartphones shipped, Android's operating system is apparently just fine with most phone users. In a distant second place, Apple's iOS grabbed fewer than 15 percent of the world's market share.
"Android has been one of the primary growth engines of the smartphone market since it was launched in 2008," IDC Mobile Phones Research Manager Ramon Llamas said in a statement. "In every year since then, Android has effectively outpaced the market and taken market share from the competition. In addition, the combination of smartphone vendors, mobile operators, and end-users who have embraced Android has driven shipment volumes higher."
With three out of every four shoppers buying a smartphone with Android, the operating system's 91.5 percent year-over-year growth was nearly double the overall market growth rate of 46.4 percent in the third quarter. According to IDC, Samsung devices running Android's OS were the most popular among users. |
