{"id":185668,"date":"2016-11-03T08:27:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T06:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=185668"},"modified":"2016-11-03T08:29:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T06:29:03","slug":"android-completely-dominates-the-smartphone-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/185668-android-completely-dominates-the-smartphone-market.html","title":{"rendered":"Android completely dominates the smartphone market"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research<\/strong><\/a> from Strategy Analytics shows that\u00a0global smartphone shipments reached 375 million units in the third quarter of 2016 – the large majority of which were Android-based devices.<\/p>\n

Global smartphone shipments grew 6% annually from 354.2 million units in Q3 2015 to 375.4 million in Q3 2016. This was the smartphone industry\u2019s fastest growth rate for a year, stated the research.<\/p>\n

Modest smartphone regrowth is being supported by emerging markets with relatively low smartphone penetration, particularly countries such as India and South Africa.<\/p>\n

Of the smartphones shipped, 87.5% were Android devices. Apple’s iOS “lost ground” to Android, slipping to 12.1%.<\/p>\n

BlackBerry and Microsoft Windows Phone have all but disappeared, stated the report.<\/p>\n

Tizen and other emerging platforms softened as a “result of limited product portfolios and modest developer support”.<\/p>\n

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Global Smartphone Shipments (Millions of Units)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nQ3 ’15<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nQ3 ’16<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nGrowth YoY %<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Android<\/strong><\/td>\n298<\/td>\n328.6<\/td>\n10.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apple iOS<\/strong><\/td>\n48<\/td>\n45.5<\/td>\n-5.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Others<\/strong><\/td>\n8.2<\/td>\n1.3<\/td>\n-84.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/td>\n354.2<\/td>\n375.4<\/td>\n6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Global Smartphone Market Share (%)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nQ3 ’15<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nQ3 ’16<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Android<\/strong><\/td>\n84.1%<\/td>\n87.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apple iOS<\/strong><\/td>\n13.6%<\/td>\n12.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Others<\/strong><\/td>\n2.3%<\/td>\n0.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Now read:\u00a0Android is as secure as the iPhone \u2013 Google<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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