Google's Android mobile OS's third-quarter global market share of 25 percent, seven times as large as last year. The number of smartphones sold doubled as quantified Gartner.
Where in the third quarter of 2009, approximately 1.4 million Android phones sold, there were in the same quarter this year, 20.5 million, estimates Gartner. This is the second largest Android mobile OS in the world, there were only sold more smartphones with Symbian, which has a market share of 36 percent. The market shares of IOS, BlackBerry OS and Windows Mobile declined. In IOS, the first month in which the iPhone was sold in April sales included in Windows Mobile are the first sales of Windows 7 Phone is not listed as devices with the new OS until the fourth quarter came on the market.
The increased share of Android is not unexpected. A year ago, only a handful of Android smartphones for sale, in the third quarter of this year there were dozens. Moreover, there were many appealing devices to it, like the Samsung S Galaxy and the Desire.
The increased number of smartphones sold in one year according to Gartner from 41 million to 80 million, an increase of 96 percent. Thus, the share of smartphones in the phone market significantly. Nevertheless, there are across the board again sold more mobile phones. With over 417 million phones sold, the number of new mobile phones by about 35 percent.
Nokia remains market leader, but saw his share of the phone market drop from 36 to 28 percent. This is mainly due to 'white label manufacturers, unknown phone makers who sell large quantities of equipment including China, India, Russia and the African continent. Almost all manufacturers saw their market shares fall, but Apple and HTC.Apple sells 3.2 percent of mobile phones sold worldwide, its market share almost doubled HTC, to 1.6 percent.
| OS | Several Q3 '10 | '10 Market Share | Several Q3 '09 | '09 Market Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbian | 29.5 million | 36.6% | 18.3 million | 44.6% |
| Android | 20.5 million | 25.5% | 1.4 million | 3.5% |
| IOS | 13.5 million | 16.7% | 7.0 million | 17.1% |
| Bb OS | 11.9 million | 14.8% | 8.5 million | 20.7% |
| Windows Mobile | 2.2 million | 2.8% | 3.3 million | 7.9% |
| Linux / other | 2.9 million | 3.6% | 2.5 million | 6.2% |
| Total | 80.5 million | 100% | 41.0 million | 100% |
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