B
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61%
61% -- operating system market share for Android (2012)
Android was projected by IDC to capture a 61% smartphone OS market share in 2012.
- IDC forecast/expectation
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Value
61%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2012
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
winsupersite.com
Primary
Tier A
http://winsupersite.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/idc-expects-windows-phone-surpass-iphone-2016… ↗
Source Article
IDC Still Expects Windows Phone to Surpass iPhone by 2016
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winsupersite.com
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Methodology
IDC forecast of Android smartphone OS market share in 2012
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 (current) | 70% | |
| 2012 (current) | 61% | -12.9% |
| 2016 | 52.9% | -13.3% |
| 2017 | 80% | +51.2% |
| 2023 | 71.63% | -10.5% |
| 2023 | 72.48% | +1.2% |
| Q1 2012 | 59% | -18.6% |
| Q2 2012 | 64% | +8.5% |
| Q2 2015 | 83% | +29.7% |
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Industrymarketing
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Android: 61% operating system market share. Source: winsupersite.com (2012). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/android-market-share-2012-forecast
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/android-market-share-2012-forecast" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>61%</strong> -- operating system market share for Android<br><small>Source: winsupersite.com (2012) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/android-market-share-2012-forecast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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