Android has four times more market share than iPhone globally

Together, the two platforms dominate the global market grabbing an 85% share of it, according to the latest research by IDC, focusing on the second quarter of 2012.

Here is how it all breaks down by unit sales and market share:

- Android - 104.8 million units, 68.1% market share (46.9% in the same period last year)

- iOS - 26.0 million units, 16.9% share (18.8% Q2 2011)

- BlackBerry - 7.4 million units, 4.8% share (11.5% Q2 ‘11)

- Symbian - 6.8 million units, 4.4% share (16.9% Q2 ‘11)

- Windows - 5.4 million units, 3.5% share (2.3% Q2 ‘11)

- Linux - 3.5 million units, 2.3% share (3.0% Q2 ‘11)

- Others - 0.1 million units, 0.1% share (0.5% a year earlier)

source: IDC via Huffington Post