Google| Subject | Android hammers iOS, no wonder Apple is worried |
| From | Tommy Troll |
| Date | 08/08/2012 15:25 (08/08/2012 06:25) |
| Message-ID | <d1ee9c3a-20d9-4add-b919-bf484291d098@googlegroups.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.advocacy |
| Followups | Sandman (6m) KDT (4d, 21h & 18m) |
People like choice and competition!
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57488926-94/android-smartphone-share-quadr= uples-ios-in-q2/
Google's Android operating system dominated the mobile space last quarter, = according to new data from research firm IDC. =20 According to IDC, 104.8 million Android-based smartphones shipped worldwide= during the second quarter, representing a 106.5 percent gain over the 50.8= million handsets that launched in the same period last year. Android was a= ble to nab 68.1 percent of the smartphone market last quarter. =20 Android's top competitor, Apple's iOS, was dominated by Google's operating = system last quarter, nabbing only 16.9 percent market share on 26 million s= martphone shipments. That figure was up 27.5 percent compared to the 20.4 m= illion iPhones that hit store shelves during the second quarter last year.
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