The mobile phone revolution is picking up – and Android is leading the charge.
A report from Gartner has stated that an approximate 456 million phones have been sold for the third quarter of 2013, and the statistics behind that number are staggering. Out of those models, a whopping 82 percent are Android based, while 55 percent of them are smart phones in general.
This number is a 5.7 percent increase from the previous third quarter in 2012, with a bigger boost for smart phones. That’s a rise from the 40 percentile it held last year.
Out of units sold, Samsung hold the lead with approximately 25.7 percent of the market share, followed by Nokia, Apple, LG Electronics and others. It’s a small rise from the 22.7 percent lead it held during the previous third quarter, and a bit ahead of Nokia’s 13.8 percent.
It’s important to remember that these market share numbers on reflect the units sold during that time period, and it’s not the same as the number of units already sold or in actual usage. Still, it shows the latest trends in operating systems, and who’s gaining ground and who’s losing it.
Source: TechCrunch
