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Android powers 75% of smartphones in Q3
Dylan McGrath
11/2/2012 1:32 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO—Google Inc.'s Android operating systems was found on three of every four smartphones shipped in the third quarter, according to International Data Corp. (IDC).
Four years since the first Android-powered smartphones hit store shelves, Android has risen rapidly to become far-and-away the dominant OS in smartphones. Apple Inc.'s iOS, which runs the company's line of iPhones, was a distant second in the third quarter with 15 percent market share, according to IDC.
According to IDC, the number of Android-powered smartphones in the third quarter reached 136 million units, up 92 percent from the third quarter of 2011. Android's market share increased from 58 percent in the third quarter of 2011, IDC said.
"Android has been one of the primary growth engines of the smartphone market since it was launched in 2008," said Ramon Llamas, research manager for mobile phones at IDC, in a statement. "In every year since then, Android has effectively outpaced the market and taken market share from the competition."
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Llamas said the combination of smartphone vendors, mobile operators and end-users who have embraced Android continues to drive shipment volumes higher. "Even today, more vendors are introducing their first Android-powered smartphones to market," he said.
Overall, about 181 million smartphones shipped in the third quarter, IDC said. Androids 92 percent year-over-year growth was nearly double the overall market growth rate of 47 percent, IDC said.
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Four years since the first Android-powered smartphones hit store shelves, Android has risen rapidly to become far-and-away the dominant OS in smartphones. Apple Inc.'s iOS, which runs the company's line of iPhones, was a distant second in the third quarter with 15 percent market share, according to IDC.
According to IDC, the number of Android-powered smartphones in the third quarter reached 136 million units, up 92 percent from the third quarter of 2011. Android's market share increased from 58 percent in the third quarter of 2011, IDC said.
"Android has been one of the primary growth engines of the smartphone market since it was launched in 2008," said Ramon Llamas, research manager for mobile phones at IDC, in a statement. "In every year since then, Android has effectively outpaced the market and taken market share from the competition."
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Top six smartphone mobile operating systems, shipments, and market share, Q3 2012, in millions of units (preliminary).
Source: IDC
Llamas said the combination of smartphone vendors, mobile operators and end-users who have embraced Android continues to drive shipment volumes higher. "Even today, more vendors are introducing their first Android-powered smartphones to market," he said.
Overall, about 181 million smartphones shipped in the third quarter, IDC said. Androids 92 percent year-over-year growth was nearly double the overall market growth rate of 47 percent, IDC said.
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SylvieBarak
11/2/2012 4:17 PM EDT
That, and the fact that there isn't really a viable alternative aside from iOS...
Let's see if that share decreases once Windows Phone 8 becomes a credible competitor.
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dylan.mcgrath
11/2/2012 6:22 PM EDT
Good call. Perhaps that could change the equation, but we shall see.
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GroovyGeek
11/3/2012 12:24 AM EDT
Not a chance. Too little too late. Android became so dominant because it is free to the handset makers. Win8 has no reason to exist and will be a failure. And as I have said here a number of times Apple is on its way to a niche player a decade from now. It is Windows vs Mac all over again and the outcome will be the same for the same reasons
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chanj
11/5/2012 12:50 PM EST
GUI and User experience is able to influence consumer. The user experience that Windows 8 brought on the table may be able to create enough momentum to get a reasonable amount of shares of the pie. Who knows! At the end, there are die-hard Apple fans; there must be die-hard MS fans.
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