Android, iOS made up 91.1% of smartphone shipments in Q4

News Wireless Global 14 FEB 2013
Android, iOS made up 91.1% of smartphone shipments in Q4
Android and iOS, the number one and number two ranked smartphone operating systems (OS) worldwide, combined for 91.1 percent of all smartphone shipments during the fourth quarter of 2012. Android smartphone vendors and Apple shipped a total of 207.6 million units worldwide during the quarter, up 70.2 percent from 122.0 million units shipped the previous year, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). For the calendar year 2012, Android and iOS combined for 87.6 percent of the 722.4 million smartphones shipped worldwide, up from 68.1 percent of the 494.5 million units shipped a year earlier. 

Android continued its overall upward trajectory, reaching triple-digit growth for the year. Samsung was the biggest contributor to Android success, representing 42.0 percent of all Android smartphone shipments during the year. iOS posted another quarter and year of double-digit growth with strong demand for the iPhone. However iOS's year-over-year growth has slowed compared to the overall market. BlackBerry's tight grip on enterprise users has loosened and its popularity within emerging markets has been diminished by competition as a result of the company's decision to postpone the release of BB10 to 2013. Windows Phone/Window Mobile made market progress in the fourth quarter and for the year, driven by Nokia's strong commitment to the platform. As the same time, the relationship has benefited Nokia, which represented 76.0 percent of all Windows Phone/Windows Mobile smartphone shipments. Linux remained essentially flat from the previous year, with longtime supporters NEC and Panasonic moving to Android and newcomers K-Touch and Haier making up the difference. 

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