http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/01/android-75-percent-marketshare-136-million-shipped/
In the last quarter, Android was 68% while iOS was 16.8%. This quarter, Android has 75% and iOS has 14.9%. Apple was absolutely right to get rid of Forstall. His stubbornness and mis-steps have cost Apple dearly. Note that this quarter includes some iPhone 5 sales - however we all know that the iPhone 5 is bottlenecked at production. By the way, there is data elsewhere that shows that Samsung by itself has a larger market share than Apple.
When Android hit 68%, I did not believe it would go any higher. Certainly a lot of Android's growth comes from people who have migrated from Apple. I didn't think that iOS would shrink to less than 15% of the market it once dominated. I suspect that 75% will be the high water mark for Android. Win 8 will start to gain market share, probably at Android's expense and maybe some of Apple.
Theoretically three quarters of everybody on WBF should be carrying an Android device. Yes, I know this forum is dominated by Americans, and Apple is actually the market leader in the USA - but there should still be more Android owners in total. So why are there so many Apple threads on WBF? Same conclusion I drew years ago when I observed Mac fanatics - they are a small but vocal group. The vast majority of us own PC's, and we just get on with it. Most Windows users don't see the need to carry on about how great Windows is all the time.
Android devices already counted for a lion's share of phones shipped during Q2, and now fresh IDC figures show Google's OS claiming the top spot with a hefty 75 percent marketshare in the third quarter. In total, 136 million Android handsets were shipped during the time frame, a new record in a single quarter. Even with the help of new hardware, iOS lagged behind in second place with a 14.9 percent stake of handsets. Both Blackberry and Symbian clung to their respective 3rd and 4th place spots, making up 6.6 percent of total shipments. Windows-based phones (both WP7 and Windows Mobile) fell to 2 percent, keeping Microsoft in fifth place just above smartphones running Linux. However, with Windows Phone 8 devices making their debut, we wouldn't be surprised to see Redmond's numbers get a boost when IDC's next report rolls around.
In the last quarter, Android was 68% while iOS was 16.8%. This quarter, Android has 75% and iOS has 14.9%. Apple was absolutely right to get rid of Forstall. His stubbornness and mis-steps have cost Apple dearly. Note that this quarter includes some iPhone 5 sales - however we all know that the iPhone 5 is bottlenecked at production. By the way, there is data elsewhere that shows that Samsung by itself has a larger market share than Apple.
When Android hit 68%, I did not believe it would go any higher. Certainly a lot of Android's growth comes from people who have migrated from Apple. I didn't think that iOS would shrink to less than 15% of the market it once dominated. I suspect that 75% will be the high water mark for Android. Win 8 will start to gain market share, probably at Android's expense and maybe some of Apple.
Theoretically three quarters of everybody on WBF should be carrying an Android device. Yes, I know this forum is dominated by Americans, and Apple is actually the market leader in the USA - but there should still be more Android owners in total. So why are there so many Apple threads on WBF? Same conclusion I drew years ago when I observed Mac fanatics - they are a small but vocal group. The vast majority of us own PC's, and we just get on with it. Most Windows users don't see the need to carry on about how great Windows is all the time.