Total Android smartphone shipments globally reached 136 million units, while total shipments were 181 million units shipped. Some observers will wonder whether we are not seeing another replay of the Apple-Windows scenario, where Windows took most of the share, using an "open" approach, compared to Apple's "closed" approach.
Top Six Smartphone Shipments, Q3 2012 (Units in Millions)
| Operating System | 3Q12 Shipment Volumes | 3Q12 Market Share | 3Q11 Shipment Volumes | 3Q11 Market Share | Year-Over-Year Change |
| Android | 136.0 | 75.0% | 71.0 | 57.5% | 91.5% |
| iOS | 26.9 | 14.9% | 17.1 | 13.8% | 57.3% |
| BlackBerry | 7.7 | 4.3% | 11.8 | 9.5% | -34.7% |
| Symbian | 4.1 | 2.3% | 18.1 | 14.6% | -77.3% |
| Windows Phone 7/ Windows Mobile | 3.6 | 2.0% | 1.5 | 1.2% | 140.0% |
| Linux | 2.8 | 1.5% | 4.1 | 3.3% | -31.7% |
| Others | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.1 | 0.1% | -100.0% |
| Totals | 181.1 | 100.0% | 123.7 | 100.0% | 46.4% |
Source: IDC Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, November 1, 2012
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