Apple, Samsung and Android remain the story in the global smart phone business in the second quarter of 2012, according to IDC.
In the second quarter, Android had 68 percent market share. All other operating systems lost 15 percent market share, compared to the second quarter of 2011.
The IDC figures also show Research in Motion's market share decline from an 11.5 percent share in 2011 to 4.8 percent over the last 12 months, Symbian dropping from 16.9 per cent to 4.4 percent.
Smartphone OS World market shares Q2 2012 and 2011
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Apple, Samsung, Android Still the Story in Second Quarter 2012
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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