Android Smartphone's Dominate World Market (Phone Sales Q3 2013)

Global smartphone shipments reached 251.4 million units in Q3 2013, up 45 percent from 172.8 million units in Q3 2012. Breaking those numbers down:

• Google’s Android secured a whopping 81.3 percent global share
• Apple’s iOS fell to 13.4 percent
• Windows Phone took third with 4.1 percent.

The majority of growth came from robust demand for Android and Windows Phone models in developed and developing markets, notably Europe and Asia. Here’s the full breakdown for annual growth:

By Emil Protalinski