With 255 million smartphones shipped globally in the second quarter of 2014, Android remained on top of OS marketshare among smartphones. As of the end of June, Android powered 84.7% of intelligent handsets in transit. The number of Android phones shipped set a record for a quarter, and represented a 33% increase over last year's second quarter tally.
Apple's marketshare for iOS grew 12.7% in the 2014 second quarter, with global shipments of 35.2 million units. But thanks to the overall growth in smartphone shipments of over 25% in the second quarter of 2014, Apple's market share actually declined year-over-year, from 13% to 11.7%. After the second quarter of this year, Android's lead in smartphone shipments over Apple rose to 73 percentage points, up from last year's 66.6 percentage points.
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Windows Phone was third, with a 2.5% share of shipped smartphones globally. BlackBerry accounted for just .5% of smartphone shipments in the three month period. That represented a rather nasty decline of 2.3pp in the quarter. Overall, 301.3 million smartphones were shipped in the second quarter, up from last year's 240.5 million.
Android had nearly 85% of the global smartphone market in Q2
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Alan, an ardent smartphone enthusiast and a veteran writer at PhoneArena since 2009, has witnessed and chronicled the transformative years of mobile technology. Owning iconic phones from the original iPhone to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, he has seen smartphones evolve into a global phenomenon. Beyond smartphones, Alan has covered the emergence of tablets, smartwatches, and smart speakers.
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