UK sure loves iPhone 4s, for the coveted phones' sales volume tripled in the month of October. According to market research firm
Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, iPhone 4S constituted 42.8 percent of the total smartphones sold in the country during the month of October. Android's market share stood at 35 percent for the same time period. The report also suggests that the UK is fast moving towards smartphones as their sales increased 4e percent during the month, whereas feature phones saw 50 percent plunge in their sales volume. The handset market showed 4 percent decrease during the month.
According to the report, 44.8 percent of the British population now uses smartphones, but at the same time there are about 29 million adults in the country who have never used a smartphone. During the quarter ended on October 1st, Android powered 46 percent of the smartphones sold, up from 34.2 percent rate it had shown a year earlier.
Apple contributed to 27.8 percent of the sales during the quarter. This rate is also higher than 25 percent share Apple had previous year for the corresponding quarter. Dominic Sunnebo, global insight director at ComTech, said, "The October launch of the hugely anticipated iPhone 4S has catapulted Apple into second place among operating systems based on the last 12 weeks of sales."
The quarter had been pretty rough for remaining brands. Nokia's Symbian OS contributed 3.9 percent of the sales, down from 10.2 percent share during the corresponding quarter of the last year. Almost defunct Windows Mobile platform powered 0.5 percent of the phones sold.