Android – Still the Most Widely-used Operating System Q2 2013

By
Stephanie Riley
– August 9, 2013Posted in: Android News, Android OS

According to the recent IDC Press release, Android OS up from 69.1% same quarter of 2012 to a huge 79.3% market share Q2 this year. Doing the math, that’s 10.2% increase slice of the pie compared to last year.

Meanwhile, IPhone’s iOS drops 3.4% from 16.6% share Q2 of 2012 to 13.2% share Q2 this year.

On the other hand, Windows phone OS made a leap sharing 3.7% of the pie this quarter compared to only 3.1% share Q2 of 2012. While other OS slices are continued to be eaten by Android.

Check out these data below gathered by IDC.

Top Smartphone Operating Systems, Shipments, and Market Share, 2013 Q3 (Units in Millions) 

Operating System 2Q13 Unit Shipments 2Q13 Market Share 2Q12 Unit Shipments 2Q12 Market Share Year-over-Year Change
Android 187.4 79.3% 108 69.1% 73.5%
iOS 31.2 13.2% 26 16.6% 20.0%
Windows Phone 8.7 3.7% 4.9 3.1% 77.6%
BlackBerry OS 6.8 2.9% 7.7 4.9% -11.7%
Linux 1.8 0.8% 2.8 1.8% -35.7%
Symbian 0.5 0.2% 6.5 4.2% -92.3%
Others N/A 0.0% 0.3 0.2% -100.0%
Total 236.4 100.0% 156.2 100.0% 51.3%

 

android market share

 

As expected, Samsung shares almost 50% among the vendors using Android Operating System.

 

Top Android Smartphone Vendors, Shipments, and Market Share, 2013 Q3 (Units in Millions)

Vendor 2Q13 Market Share 2Q12 Unit Shipments 2Q12 Market Share Year-over-Year Change
Samsung 39.10% 48 44.40% 52.70%
LG 6.50% 5.8 5.40% 108.60%
Lenovo 6.10% 4.9 4.50% 132.70%
Huawei 5.40% 6.5 6.00% 56.90%
ZTE 5.40% 6.4 5.90% 59.40%
Others 37.50% 36.4 33.70% 92.90%
Total 100.00% 108 100.00% 73.50%

 

android top vendor

 

The decline on iOS market share is expected since Apple did not release any new handset model yet since last year. Let’s see how the market will respond with the new iPhone  and iOS system coming later this year.

Source: IDC

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