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From the data released by IDC, Android smartphone successfully shipped as many as 136 million units in the third quarter this year. When compared to the same period in the prior year, Android has recorded an increase by 91.5%.
"Android has become one of the driving growth of the smartphone market since its launch in 2008. Since then, Android is effectively beyond the market and 'steal' market share from competitors, "said Ramon Llamas, an analyst with IDC, as reported by PC Mag.
"In addition, the combination of smartphone vendors, mobile operators, and users have been pushed higher shipment volumes. Even today, many vendors are introducing their first Android smartphone to the market, "he continued.
Android trailed in the top position, the operating system iOS stuck at second position with 14.9% market share acquisition. IOS positions predicted to be even stronger in the coming quarter as sales of the iPhone 5 is quite popular in the market.
Successively, BlackBerry and Symbian are in third and fourth position with 4.3% market share to 2.3% for BlackBerry and Symbian.
Fifth position is occupied by the Windows Phone operating system to gain market share of 2% in the third quarter. With a number of vendors who are ready to release their Windows Phone devices to market, IDC also predicts that Microsoft's mobile platform has the potential to increase its market share in the next quarter.
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