Dive summary:
- Google’s Android devices saw shipments of devices rise 91.5% in the third quarter, which set a record as the first device with over 100 million shipments in one quarter.
- Android now has 75% of the market share compared to 14.9% for Apple’s iPhone.
- Blackberry has only 4.3% share of the market as shipments dropped 34.7% in the third quarter.
From the article:
"Google has a thriving, multi-faceted product portfolio. Many of its competitors, with weaker tie-ins to the mobile OS, do not," explained IDC senior research analyst Kevin Restivo. "This factor and others have led to loss of share for competitors with few exceptions."
