Nielsen's Q4 numbers are out, Apple seen with huge boost thanks to the iPhone 4S launch
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This is almost the percentage of Android handsets sold the last quarter, which stands at 46.9%, a dive from over 60% in the beginning of October.
Roughly the same numbers were listed in the NPD analysis last week, so the boosted iOS market share claims now come from two reliable sources. What is more, even though Symbian still reigns installed on the most smartphones worldwide, the global reports show significant boost in iOS market share for Q4 as well.
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The initial excitement usually wears off after a quarter, so we will probably see Android handsets ramping up again until the summer, when the next iPhone lands, but for now the two leading contestants are very close, and together hold more than 90% of the US market.
The other mobile operating systems suffered from the iPhone 4S launch and the Android dominance, with RIM diving from 7.7% to 4.5% of the recent acquirers market share at the end of the quarter.
via Engadget
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12. andro. posted on 18 Jan 2012, 08:46 1 8
Hype and the fact that so many ifans were fooled into upgrading from the iphone 4 to the 'new' iphone because of a 'new' feature called siri.
They say sheep are easily lead and it seems apple is a sheep dog guiding them with angry blood dripping bared teeth
18. c.hack posted on 18 Jan 2012, 09:14 6 1
Typical mindless droidlet troll post - never used an iPhone but knows all about it.
23. andro. posted on 18 Jan 2012, 09:34 1 6
I work for a mobile network so have used,worked with and in many many cases with dumb ifan customers I have demoed,fixed and/or set up many iphones for commerical and business use for years now,your mindless ifan claims have no foundation and only make you look even more stupid. It seems some sheep can be more stupid than others
28. 530gemini posted on 18 Jan 2012, 14:02 2 1
@andro. Wow. Such agression towards iphone users. I wonder why? Lol.
You said you work for a mobile network. Why weren't you able to convince those people to get an android phone instead? Don't tell me that you're not smart enough to convince those people :)
27. 530gemini posted on 18 Jan 2012, 13:58 2 1
@andro. A lot of ip4s adopters are new iphone users, not upgraders. Don't be bitter :)
2. remixfa posted on 18 Jan 2012, 07:10 4 7
all of apple's gains came from BBs loss. Android still gained in the market regardless. By the End of Q1 into Q2 and Q3, apple will level out and start to drop again while android does its steady climb.. then Q4 apple will get its bump on the new phone and the process will start all over again.
26. remixfa posted on 18 Jan 2012, 13:06 1 3
actually I invest in tech quite a bit.
btw, how is play calling the ACTUAL HISTORY of both of their sales trends... hating?
omg.. its remix.. we must blind attack without reading comments first!!
lol
31. Paden posted on 18 Jan 2012, 14:27 1 0
It's not blind attacks. You're just annoying.
3. iKingTrust posted on 18 Jan 2012, 07:10 6 3
i-Sh33p BABY. I love APPLE. Im not a sheep though. I Jialbreak s**t
8. c.hack posted on 18 Jan 2012, 07:47 4 3
Not surprising. Apple fixed many issues by including decent notification, task-swapping that is as good or better than Android, and speed. The 4s is more responsive than any Android phone I have seen. Now if the iPhone would only include decent GPS.
25. Whateverman posted on 18 Jan 2012, 12:57 0 2
The notification on ios sux on my iPad! Maybe it looks better on the iPhone since its a smaller screen, but pulling that tiny little tab down on this huge screen makes it look very beta and out of places.
9. arcq12 posted on 18 Jan 2012, 08:02 4 4
@c.hack
what Android did you compare it too? was it the G1? lol
17. c.hack posted on 18 Jan 2012, 09:13 2 3
Actually, the Bionic and Razr. But its so hard to tell because their screens are so pixelated they are unreadable much of the time.
10. darac posted on 18 Jan 2012, 08:05 2 0
PA, fix your statements - this is not a current share of all the smartphones in the US.
It's the share of smartphones sold during the Q4 ONLY.
