iOS (Apple).
PRODUCT
RELATED TO.
Apple, Inc.
ORGANIZATION
Android
PRODUCT
iPad
PRODUCT
iPhone
PRODUCT
Google Inc.
ORGANIZATION
Microsoft Corporation
ORGANIZATION
ORGANIZATION
Google Maps
PRODUCT
iPod Touch
PRODUCT
Android and iOS continue to dominate smartphone operating systems. A new report by the International Data Corporation (IDC), states that the together, the two systems accounted for 91.1 percent of operating systems on all smartphone shipments during the fourth quarter of 2012. For the year 2012, Android and iOS accounted for 87.6 percent of operation systems on smartphones shipped.
Android smartphone vendors and Apple shipped a total of 207.6 million units worldwide during Q4 which is a 70.2 percent increase from the 122.0 million shipments of Q4 2011.
According to Ramon Llamas, research manager with IDC's Mobile Phone team, The dominance of Android and Apple reached a new watermark in the fourth quarter. Android boasted a broad selection of smartphones, and an equally deep list of smartphone vendor partners. Finding an Android smartphone for nearly any budget, taste, size, and price was all but guaranteed during 2012. As a result, Android was rewarded with market-beating growth.
Here's a look at how some of the mobile operating systems fared.