Android dominates global smartphone market in Q3November 2, 2012 - 10:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Android has dominated the global smartphone market in Q3 of this year, SlashGear reports. According to the research firm IDC data, Android scored a market share of 75-percent, trumping iOS, which came in at 14.9-percent. Out of a little over 181 million in total smartphone sales, about 136 million of them were running Android. BlackBerry came in third with a 4.3-percent market share, while the other contenders came in at less than 3-percent. Says IDC’s Mobile Phone Research Manager Ramon Llamas, “Android has been one of the primary growth engines of the smartphone market since it was launched in 2008. In every year since then, Android has effectively outpaced the market and taken market share from the competition.” According to Llamas, the combination of operators, vendors, and users embracing the mobile OS is responsible for nudging Android’s numbers higher. Overall, 3 out of 4 consumers chose an Android smartphone over the competition. This trend has lead Google’s mobile operating system to experience a 91.5-percent year-over-year increase. For those who are curious, Samsung smartphones beat out the other Android devices. Says IDC, Apple likely experienced a slight jump in market share due to a combination of lowered prices on older models and launching the iPhone 5. According to Kevin Restivo, IDC’s Senior Research Analyst, “Google has a thriving, multifaceted product portfolio. Many of its competitors, with weaker tie-ins to the mobile OS, do not. This factor and others have led to loss of share for competitors, with few exceptions.” Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum. EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. |