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Google's ANDROID CRUSHING smartphone rivals underfoot
theregister.co.uk ^ | 15 Aug 2014 | By Simon Sharwood,

Posted on 08/18/2014 12:15:21 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Windows Phone cracks, Blackberry's out of juice and even Apple's squeezed

The Google spawn's market share is up a third compared to the same quarter in 2013. Every other mobile operating system is not even eating Android's dust – they're so far back on the road they can see the plume of dust Android throws up are falling behind and don't even look to have a chance of choking.

We offer that analysis because, as the chart below shows, Android's nearest rival – Apple's iOS – now has just 11.7 per cent market share.

Top Five Smartphone Operating Systems, Worldwide Shipments, and Market Share, 2014Q2 (Units in Millions)

Operating System

2Q14 Shipment Volume

2Q14 Market Share

2Q13 Shipment Volume

2Q13 Market Share

2Q14/2Q13 Growth

Android

255.3

84.7%

191.5

79.6%

33.3%

iOS

35.2

11.7%

31.2

13.0%

12.7%

Windows Phone

7.4

2.5%

8.2

3.4%

-9.4%

BlackBerry

1.5

0.5%

6.7

2.8%

-78.0%

Others

1.9

0.6%

2.9

1.2%

-32.2%

Total

301.3

100%

240.5

100%

25.3%

 

Source: IDC Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, August 14, 2014

Note: Figures may not be exact due to rounding

IDC says Android's winning because mobe-makers are using it to crack the sub-US$200 market. With Android One on the way and sub-$100 devices the target, the analyst says there's every chance Android will capture even more market share.

The data is also notable for reporting the first 300-million-phones-shipped quarter.

The new isn't all bad for the chasing pack as IDC says Q2 is Apple's annual low point thanks to punters either having bought an iPhone 5s already or being willing to wait for a new model. And despite Windows Phone's declining market share, the analyst thinks there's a chance for improvement once Microsoft's channels get Lumias into developing countries at attractive prices.

BlackBerry may not be entirely dead yet, as it is improving its position in the Asian markets it has targeted and recorded “some gains among enterprise users within North America and Western Europe.” ®


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: android; hitech; linux; mobiledevices; smartphones
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1 posted on 08/18/2014 12:15:21 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: ShadowAce

fyi


2 posted on 08/18/2014 12:16:05 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

besides they are fantastic devices


3 posted on 08/18/2014 12:18:38 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I don’t like iOS because I want direct access to my own OS. I don’t like Android because I don’t trust anything produced by Google. I would like to see a touchscreen smartphone OS based on Google, QNX or even BeOS. I tried to grab one of those HP tablets when they were liquidated, no luck.


4 posted on 08/18/2014 12:24:00 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Once again it just goes to show that if you offer consumers a wide range of products built around a core OS you will succeed. It is just like MS and Windows.

Speaking of MS what the heck are they doing with Nokia and Windows Phone OS? They looked at first to beginning to slice out a comfortable chunk, not dominating, but enough to start making mobile profitable but it seems like it just imploded all of a sudden.


5 posted on 08/18/2014 12:25:50 PM PDT by aft_lizard
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Since the growth is all in the sub-$200 market, I’d like to see Apple versus all Android-dom in the raw dollars category. Given that Apple is ONE company, and Android is on more than a dozen platforms and perhaps hundreds of models, with Microsoft taking a piece of the action, I betcha Apple’s bottom line is looking much better.


6 posted on 08/18/2014 12:26:30 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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To: Dr. Sivana

I guess I don’t get the point of buying a smartphone if it doesnt have access to the most possible apps What good would it do to be built around those OS’s if their options for apps run around a calculator and clumsy office apps?


7 posted on 08/18/2014 12:27:35 PM PDT by aft_lizard
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Makes me want to make a sword.


8 posted on 08/18/2014 12:30:16 PM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: bigbob

LOL! Well done.


9 posted on 08/18/2014 12:31:20 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I’ve tried Apple, Windows and Android, and I think Android is the weakest. I like Windows the best, for the combination of usability and price. It’s a great value. It’s not for app-o-philes, though. I hope it doesn’t go away.


10 posted on 08/18/2014 12:32:34 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Dr. Sivana; SunkenCiv
You know that Android at its kernel is a Linux...

I am not sure at what point they modified it for their purposeless.

11 posted on 08/18/2014 12:39:13 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Dr. Sivana
I don’t like Android because I don’t trust anything produced by Google.

In an attempt to conserve battery power I disabled "Google Play services" and now Android is constantly nagging at me about how something or other requires it - even though I don't download apps or any other content.

Stoopid Google.

12 posted on 08/18/2014 12:41:29 PM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: ConservingFreedom; ShadowAce

$50+ Android tablet... a no-name brand (literally there is no name tag)

It would be fine, maybe a tad slow, if the apps were not updating all the time.


13 posted on 08/18/2014 12:44:27 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: aft_lizard
I guess I don’t get the point of buying a smartphone if it doesnt have access to the most possible apps What good would it do to be built around those OS’s if their options for apps run around a calculator and clumsy office apps?

That depends on the buyer. None of uses more than 1% of what is available. I REALLY like FileMaker Pro, which means iOS. However, Apple limits app publication that competes with their own products (e.g. email clients). But a whole lot of what I want to do simply has to do with moving data around that I use on the home machine, as I am NOT phone centric. iTunes interface does NOT cut it for moving files around. In the case of a touch Linux, the assumption would be that the existing desktop apps could be easily repackaged or even run as is.
14 posted on 08/18/2014 12:45:15 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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15 posted on 08/18/2014 12:46:30 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

84% market share is a dominant position. That’s approaching Windows’ numbers of 91% market share.


16 posted on 08/18/2014 12:46:55 PM PDT by Vision Thing (obama wants his suicidal worshipers to become suicidal bombers.)
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To: Dr. Sivana
How about an Ubuntu Phone?

Ubuntu Touch

17 posted on 08/18/2014 12:47:24 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
You know that Android at its kernel is a Linux...

I know that Linux is at the kernel, but Android is a LOT more than the kernel. I have zero trust in Google and Facebook to not use my own device/software against me. I don't know

I am not sure at what point they modified it for their purposeless.

Neither do I, and I am not taking any chances because it is Google.
18 posted on 08/18/2014 12:48:13 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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To: ConservingFreedom

Same thing kinda happens with Android apps from Amazon.

If your network connection is not active, apps will sometimes complain that Amazon could not be reached, then they shut down.


19 posted on 08/18/2014 12:52:12 PM PDT by Vision Thing (obama wants his suicidal worshipers to become suicidal bombers.)
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To: GeronL
In October 2012, Canonical made a horrible mistake. They included a “feature” in Ubuntu 12.10 that has been widely considered adware and spyware. I blogged about the new Ubuntu’s Amazon ads and data leaks for EFF at the time, with the main ask being that Dash’s online search should be an opt-in feature and not enabled by default.

https://micahflee.com/2014/04/ubuntu-is-finally-taking-privacy-seriously/

Jury is out on that one.
20 posted on 08/18/2014 12:52:42 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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