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19%

19% -- smartphone market share for iOS (2012)

Name: Smartphone Market Share Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-30

2012 · IDC

iOS held about 19% of the smartphone market in 2012 according to IDC.

Estimated / approximate ('about 19 percent')

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19%

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

2012

Entity

iOS

Geography

Global

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61/100 confidence

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IDC Primary Tier B

http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2013/Google_invades_Siri's_turf_with_iPhone,_iPad_app/id-235bcb216472… ↗

Confidence: 52/100 Vintage: 2012 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

Google invades Siri's turf with iPhone, iPad app

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IDC · Original study ↗

Methodology

IDC research firm estimate cited by AP

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Trend Over Time

Period	Value	Change
2012 (current)	19%
Q2 2013	13.6%	-28.4%
Q3 2014	12.9%	-5.1%
Q4 2023	29.2%	+126.4%

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IndustryTechnology RegionGlobal

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iOS: 19% smartphone market share. Source: IDC (2012). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ios-smartphone-market-share-2012

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