Android continues to rule the global smartphone marketplace with the OS accounting for 75 percent of shipments worldwide in Q1, according to the latest IDC report. Apple’s once-dominant iOS had only 17.3 percent of the market. Windows Phone unexpectedly took third place from BlackBerry, which was relegated to fourth. Android’s dominance over iOS “is similar to what happened when Microsoft adopted the graphical user interface that Apple introduced and offered it up to many different vendors,” said Andrew Eisner, director of community and content at Retrovo
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iOS Loses Market Share as Windows Phone Gains
Posted by: Richard Adhikari May 16, 2013 03:23 PMAndroid continues to rule the global smartphone marketplace with the OS accounting for 75 percent of shipments worldwide in Q1, according to the latest IDC report. Apple’s once-dominant iOS had only 17.3 percent of the market. Windows Phone unexpectedly took third place from BlackBerry, which was relegated to fourth. Android’s dominance over iOS “is similar to what happened when Microsoft adopted the graphical user interface that Apple introduced and offered it up to many different vendors,” said Andrew Eisner, director of community and content at Retrovo