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#SMARTPHONES OS MARKET SHARE 2014 UPDATE#
#SMARTPHONES OS MARKET SHARE 2014 ANDROID#
#SMARTPHONES OS MARKET SHARE 2014 WINDOWS#

Perhaps most notably, Q4 2016 saw Apple leapfrog Samsung to become the number 1 global smartphone vendor…. According to the data, global sales of smartphones to users totaled 432 million units during the quarter, an increase of 7 percent compared to the year before.

We will update this story when we have more information.Gartner today is out with its latest report concerning the smartphone industry during the fourth quarter of 2016. "The biggest stumbling block is around getting enough partnerships in play - not just phone manufacturers but also developers, many of which are smaller outfits looking to minimize development efforts by sticking to the two big ecosystems," Chau said.ĬNET has contacted Google for comment on the IDC report.

The research firm also believes that software developers will drive more customers to iOS and Android as they see little value in creating apps for less-popular platforms. IDC says that Android's iron-like grip on the sub-$200 market will only boost its market share in the coming quarters. Looking ahead, things don't appear to look any better for other operating systems. "During the second quarter, 58.6% of all Android smartphone shipments worldwide cost less than $200 off contract, making them very attractive compared to other devices." "With many of its partners focusing on the sub-$200 segments, Android has been reaping huge gains within emerging markets," Ramon Llamas, research manager with IDC's Mobile Phone team, said in a statement. Android's success during the period had everything to do with its value for budget-focused device makers, according to IDC. Save for iOS, which saw shipments jump 12.7 percent year over year, all other operating systems' market share fell during the period. Still, IDC's study shows further consolidation in the marketplace and even more power for Google.ĭuring the second quarter of 2013, Android owned 79.6 percent of the worldwide smartphone market, meaning Google's software saw a 33.3 percent growth rate over the last year. Blackberry came in fourth place with 0.5 percent share, according to IDC.ĭuring the same period last year, the Android and iOS combined to own 92.6 percent of the space.

Windows Phone was only able to nab 2.5 percent of the market in the second quarter on 7.4 million shipments.

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"Windows Phone has been around since 2010 but has yet to break the 5 percent share mark, while the backing of the world's largest smartphone player, Samsung, has not boosted Tizen into the spotlight." "It's been an incredible upward slog for other OS players," Melissa Chau, a senior research manager at IDC, said in a statement. Vendors shipped a total of 301.3 million smartphones worldwide between April and June, said IDC.

Combined, the Google and Apple operating systems own 96 percent of the global smartphone market, according to IDC. Apple's iOS came in second place with 11.7 percent market share and 35.2 million shipments. Google's Android and Apple's iOS have combined to downright dominate the smartphone market, but it's Google's mobile operating system that continues to make its presence felt, according to new data from research firm IDC.ĭuring the second quarter, over 255 million Android-based devices shipped worldwide, representing an 84.7 percent market share, IDC reported on Thursday.

#SMARTPHONES OS MARKET SHARE 2014 UPDATE#

#SMARTPHONES OS MARKET SHARE 2014 ANDROID#

#SMARTPHONES OS MARKET SHARE 2014 WINDOWS#