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81%
81% -- smartphone market share for Android (Q3 2014)
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81%
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Q3 2014
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IDC
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https://www.5gtechnologyworld.com/idc-android-claims-81-percent-world-smartphone-market-share/ ↗
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IDC: Android Claims 81 Percent World Smartphone Market Share
Android grabbed an 81 percent share of the world smartphone market during the third quarter.
According to IDC’s latest Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Google’s mobile OS hit a new high, jumping up from 74.9 percent share a year ago, and saw its shipments rise 51.3 percent annually, to 211.…
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IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shipment data
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-10 | 3.5% | |
| 2010 | 24% | +585.7% |
| 2010 | 16% | -33.3% |
| 2011 | 50% | +212.5% |
| 2011 | 33% | -34.0% |
| 2011-02 | 33% | 0% |
| 2012 | 69% | +109.1% |
| 2012 | 68% | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 90% | +32.4% |
| 2013 | 68% | -24.4% |
| 2013-03 | 52% | -23.5% |
| 2014-05 | 77.9% | +49.8% |
| 2015 | 83% | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 85.3% | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 84.5% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 85.7% | +1.4% |
| 2025 | 72% | -16.0% |
| 2026 | 68.24% | -5.2% |
| Q1 2010 | 9% | -86.8% |
| Q1 2013 | 74% | +722.2% |
| Q2 2011 | 48% | -35.1% |
| Q2 2013 | 79.5% | +65.6% |
| Q3 2012 | 75% | -5.7% |
| Q3 2014 (current) | 81% | +8.0% |
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Android: 81% smartphone market share. Source: IDC (Q3 2014). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/android-smartphone-market-share-q3
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/android-smartphone-market-share-q3" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>81%</strong> -- smartphone market share for Android<br><small>Source: IDC (Q3 2014) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/android-smartphone-market-share-q3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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