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Friday 9 August 2013

Apple loses ground to Android and Microsoft in smartphone operating systems

 Despite exceeding expectations in terms of shipment volumes, iOS saw a year-on-year decline in market share for the second quarter of 2013,according to estimates.
The Apple operating system shipped 32.2 million units in the second quarter, up from 26 million for the same period in 2012, but its market share fell to 13.2 per cent from 16.6 per cent.
Meanwhile, Android’s cemented its position at the top of the smartphone operating systems table with a 79.3 per cent share of the market, up from 69.1 per cent.
Microsoft was behind Android and iOS, with 8.7 million units shipped over the last quarter and an 3.7 per cent share of the market.

“The iOS decline in the second quarter aligns with the cyclicality of the iPhone,” said Roman Llamas, a research manager at the International Data Corporation (IDC), which compiled the figures."Without a new product launch since the debut of the iPhone 5 nearly a year ago, Apple’s market share was vulnerable to product launches from the competition. But with a new iPhone and revamped iOS coming out later this year, Apple is well-positioned to re-capture market share."
Blackberry OS is now behind Windows, with a 2.9 per cent share of the operating systems market, followed by Linux, which has just a 0.8 per cent share.
Ryan Reith, a manager at the IDC, added: "Last quarter we witnessed Windows Phone shipments surpassing BlackBerry and the trend has continued into the second quarter.
"Nokia has clearly been the driving force behind the Windows Phone platform and we expect that to continue. However, as more and more vendors enter the smartphone market 
using the Android platform, we expect Windows Phone to become a more attractive differentiator in this very competitive market segment."
A global total of 236.4 million smartphones were shipped in the second quarter of this year, up 51.3 per cent from the 156.2 million shipped in the equivalent period last year, according to the corporation.


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