Uploaded by FinancialNewsOnline on Nov 15, 2011
In recent data courtesy of Gartner, Android's (NASDAQ:GOOG) market share has increased past the 50% mark to hit 52.5% of worldwide smartphone sales. That's above double its share a year ago.
After Android, there's a large drop to Nokia's Symbian (NYSE:NOK), which suffered the sharpest fall since 2010's third quarter. Back then, Symbian stood at 36.3% of sales, but has since fell to less than half of its 2010 share to 16.9%. Soon, it's likely to drop below iOS, making it the third most popular worldwide platform.
In third place, for now, is Apple's iOS with a 15% market share -- a drop of 1.6% from last year.
Although Android's spread across multiple carriers and manufacturers certainly influenced Apple's drop, another reason was consumers patiently waiting for the release of the iPhone 4S.
After Android, there's a large drop to Nokia's Symbian (NYSE:NOK), which suffered the sharpest fall since 2010's third quarter. Back then, Symbian stood at 36.3% of sales, but has since fell to less than half of its 2010 share to 16.9%. Soon, it's likely to drop below iOS, making it the third most popular worldwide platform.
In third place, for now, is Apple's iOS with a 15% market share -- a drop of 1.6% from last year.
Although Android's spread across multiple carriers and manufacturers certainly influenced Apple's drop, another reason was consumers patiently waiting for the release of the iPhone 4S.
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