A research firm has claimed that (as we all predicted) Android has surpassed Apple's iOS and RIM's BlackBerry OS to become the 'most popular smartphone operating system' in the US.
Apparently, During the six months ending in August, the number of people who bought Android smartphones increased steadily, peaking at 32% buying the devices in August. BlackBerry had 26% and Apple 25% of the market share.
Obviously you have to take into account that Android is used by a variety of manufacturers, such as Motorola, Samsung, HTC etc where as Apple and RIM keep their OS to themselves.
Meanwhile, in the total market, the BlackBerry OS continued to lead with 31% at the end of August, followed by iOS at 28% with Android having climbed from 8% to 19%.
These figures come after another research firm (Gartner) this month reported that Android and Nokia's Symbian would be the dominant operating systems in the global smartphone market by 2014, with Symbian and Android having a 30.2% and 29.6% share, respectively and a plunge in Apple’s iOS share to 14.9%.
But do these figures really mean anything when the market is changing so fast? The fact Android practically came out of nowhere to 'dominate' the market shows how quick the market can shift, all it would take is a popular new BlackBerry handset or a Google Gaff to see huge changes in figures.
Source:informationweek