B
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59% -- operating system market share for Android (Q1 2012)
Android held a 59.0% smartphone operating system unit shipment market share in Q1 2012.
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59%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
Q1 2012
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Evidence Quality
B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
IDC
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Tier B
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Methodology
IDC Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, May 24, 2012; smartphone OS unit shipment share
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 70% | |
| 2012 | 61% | -12.9% |
| 2016 | 52.9% | -13.3% |
| 2017 | 80% | +51.2% |
| 2023 | 71.63% | -10.5% |
| 2023 | 72.48% | +1.2% |
| Q1 2012 (current) | 59% | -18.6% |
| Q2 2012 | 64% | +8.5% |
| Q2 2015 | 83% | +29.7% |
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Android: 59% operating system market share. Source: IDC (Q1 2012). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/android-smartphone-os-market-share-q1-2012
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