Articles tagged with: Blackberry and android

Windows Phone Overtakes BlackBerry in Q1 Smartphone OS Shipments

­Android and iOS, the number one and number two ranked smartphone operating systems (OS) worldwide, combined for 92.3% of all smartphone shipments during the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13) as Windows Phone crept past blackberry for 3rd place.  more

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Android Reaping Significant Gain in Canadian Marketplace

Canada's mobile device market landscape is sizzling and for some brands, this means big gains and even bigger stakes. Conducted in August 2012, the fourth wave of Ipsos Reid's Mobil-ology, a syndicated study of Smartphone, Tablet and eReader users in Canada, reveals several important shifts in brand dominance across the country and across categories.  more

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Android Overtakes BlackBerry as the Top Smartphone Operating System in Indonesia

­While blackberry remained the number one smartphone brand in the country in Q2 2012, Android has overtaken blackberry as the most popular operating systems (OS) in the country with a market share of 52%, according to IDC.  more

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Nokia and BlackBerry Continue to Dominate Handset Market - in South Africa

­Nokia and blackberry are alive and well -- and thriving -- in South Africa, despite both brands facing worldwide decline in market share.  more

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Android and iOS Surge to New Smartphone OS Record in Second Quarter

Android and iOS powered 85% of all smartphones shipped in the second quarter of 2012 (2Q12), establishing a new combined high for the mobile operating systems from Google and Apple. Meanwhile, blackberry and Symbian, two pioneers and former leaders of the smartphone market, both saw their market shares fall below five percent.  more

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Android Expected to Reach Its Peak This Year as Mobile Phone Shipments Slow

­The worldwide mobile phone market is forecast to grow slightly more than 4.0% year over year in 2012, the lowest annual growth rate since 2009, due to a sharp decline in the feature phone market and sluggish global economic conditions. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors will ship a total of nearly 1.8 billion mobile phones this year, compared to 1.7 billion units shipped in 2011. By the end of 2016, IDC forecasts 2.3 billion mobile phones will be shipped to the channel.  more

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Android and Apple Smartphones Expand Share of the Market in the First Quarter

Smartphones powered by the Android and iOS mobile operating systems accounted for more than eight out of ten smartphones shipped in the first quarter of 2012 (1Q12). According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the mobile operating systems held shares of 59.0% and 23.0% respectively of the 152.3 million smartphones shipped in 1Q12. During the first quarter of 2011, the two operating systems held a combined share of 54.4%. more

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Shift in smartphone market with lower-end devices to dominate by 2016

­The smartphone market will see a huge shift over the next five years, moving from predominantly premium devices aimed at advanced users towards cheaper, mass-market devices. According to the latest research from Informa Telecoms & Media, 81% of all smartphones shipped in 2011 were sold at a wholesale price above US$300; however, this proportion is expected to decline to below 50% in 2016.  more

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As Smartphone Market Expands, Many Mobile OS Vendors Will Be Left Behind

­U.S. smartphone adoption is expected to surge to 175 million devices by 2015, but even in a booming market, many mobile OS vendors have an uphill battle ahead, Yankee Group finds.  more

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Android Took Half the UK Smartphone Sales Over Past 12 Weeks

­The latest data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech shows that Android holds a 49.9% share of the UK smartphone market, followed by blackberry (22.5%) and Apple (18.5%). Smartphones made up 69.1% of sales over the 12 weeks, meaning that 43.8% of the British population now own a smartphone.  more

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