{"id":15038,"date":"2011-11-15T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/android-takes-over-50-of-smartphone-market\/15038\/"},"modified":"2011-11-15T15:44:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T15:44:00","slug":"android-takes-over-50-of-smartphone-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/android-takes-over-50-of-smartphone-market\/15038\/","title":{"rendered":"Android Takes Over 50% of Smartphone Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - News Links *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3490797620\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--Ad Injection mfunc mode ad include code--><br \/>\n<!--mfunc include_once('\/mnt\/Target01\/327806\/www.thestockmarketwatch.com\/web\/content\/stock-market-news\/wp-content\/plugins\/ad-injection\/adshow.php') --><br \/>\n<!--\/mfunc--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11271\" title=\"google-150x150\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/smw-news-wp\/2011\/08\/google-150x150.png\" alt=\"Google\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\">Google Inc.\u2019s (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=GOOG\">NASDAQ:GOOG<\/a>) Android operating system has taken over more than 50 percent of the all the smartphones that were sold in the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> quarter, taking a bite out of Apple\u2019s (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/nasdaq\/today.aspx\">NASDAQ<\/a>:<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=AAPL\">AAPL<\/a>) iOS operating system.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-15038\"><\/span>The Android smartphones sold were mostly from Samsung Electronics Co., according to a the reports released by Gartner Inc. on Tuesday. Android accounted by about 52.5 percent of the overall smartphones sold in United States.<\/p>\n<p>Apple managed to sell just 17.3 million iPhones, gaining a 15 percent market share. In the third quarter, Apple had a market share of 16.6 percent. The 1.6 percent loss of Apple came from Android. Google is estimated to have sold around 60.5 million units in the third quarter, higher than the 20.5 million smartphones sold in the third quarter of this year.<\/p>\n<p><!--mfunc adshow_display_ad_file_v2(array('ad_random_1.txt'), array(100), array('align' => 'float right', 'clear' => '', 'margin_top' => '', 'margin_bottom' => '', 'padding_top' => '', 'padding_bottom' => ''), array(), array()) --><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;margin-left:5px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - in News 300 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"5684630733\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><!--\/mfunc--><\/p>\n<p>The figures come in a quarter when Apple released its highly anticipated iPhone 4S. Many customers were disappointed with the newly launched device, because of the absence of any ground breaking features and also visual upgrade. Many customers who were delaying purchases of phones in the hopes of buying the new Apple device, invested in Android platforms instead after the release of the iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, Gartner benefitted from a absence of any tough competitors, mass market offering and also the absence of any new products on alternative operating systems, i.e. Apple iOS and Microsoft\u2019s Mobile Widows Phone OS.<\/p>\n<p>Smartphones manages to do one percentage point better than last quarter, with 26 percent of all mobile phone sales being smartphones. Nokia\u2019s Symbian platform saw the highest loss of 20 percent, with the recently unveiled Microsoft based phones yet to reach state side. Global Nokia still holds the number two position in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s Android growth caused withering shares of all other platforms. Research In Motion\u2019s shares fell to 11 percent from 15.4 percent. RIM announced two new phones on Tuesday, which are aimed to compete against Google\u2019s Android and Apple\u2019s iPhone smartphone.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the Western Europe smartphone growth has slowed down, because of the economic uncertainty in the region. Smartphone growth also slowed, in comparison to the second quarter. There was high growth seen in Russian and Chinese market. According to the report\u2019s forecasts, the smartphone market is set to further grow by more than 50 percent for the full year.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<table style=\"border:none;margin:0;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:5px;vertical-align:top;\" valign=\"top\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/5.jpg\" alt=\"edliston\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"photo\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:5px;vertical-align:top;\" valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"font-size:11pt;\"><b>Post Written By: Ed Liston <\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:10pt;\">\n<p>Ed Liston is a senior contributing editor at TheStockMarketWatch.com. An active market watcher and investor, Ed guides an independent team of experienced analysts and writes for multiple stock trader publications. He is widely quoted in various financial publications on the Internet. When Ed is not writing about stocks, investing in stocks, talking about stocks, or otherwise doing something stock related, he likes to go sailing and fishing in his yacht.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* 336x280, created 7\/9\/11 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3552319058\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:5px;margin-bottom:20px;font-size:11pt;\">&laquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/\">Return to Stock Market News<\/a> &laquo; <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Inc.\u2019s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system has taken over more than 50 percent of the all the smartphones that were 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