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80.7% -- smartphone os market share for Android (Q4 2015)
Android accounted for 80.7% of the global smartphone operating system market in Q4 2015.
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80.7%
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Q4 2015
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Gartner Inc.
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Gartner smartphone OS market data
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3.9% | |
| 2010 | 24% | +515.4% |
| 2010-11 | 26% | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 38.5% | +48.1% |
| 2011 | 48% | +24.7% |
| 2011-03 | 37% | -22.9% |
| 2012 | 68.8% | +85.9% |
| 2015 | 59.1% | -14.1% |
| 2016 | 64% | +8.3% |
| H2 2011 | 40% | -37.5% |
| Q1 2010 | 9% | -77.5% |
| Q4 2015 (current) | 80.7% | +796.7% |
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Android: 80.7% smartphone os market share. Source: Gartner Inc. (Q4 2015). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/android-os-share-q4-2015
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