iOS and Android Combine for 96.3% Smartphone Market Share in Fourth Quarter

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Android and iOS Squeeze the Competition, Swelling to 96.3% of the Smartphone Operating System Market for Both 4Q14 and CY14, According to IDC 

24 Feb 2015 

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. February 24, 2015 

[simplezz]

Windows Phone back to under 3% again. Not looking good for the platform. Blackberry seems to be experiencing a resurgence.

[guitmz]

This is not a good thing... 2 companies dominating WP and BB should have better shares..

 

For WP I don't know why they get lower shares. I mean cmon, I'm an Android user, will probably be forever but if the nexus line (and motorola) die, I refuse to buy a samsung device, its too much waste of money if you ask me, what they do to the software is bs. Others seem better but still too much useless crap. WP seems solid enough so I expect a improve from M$ here

 

For BB yeah they were too self confidend i guess in the past. Not a bad phone/os but they should probably target another market at least to get better results for now, idk

[techbeck]

Windows Phone back to under 3% again. Not looking good for the platform. Blackberry seems to be experiencing a resurgence.

 

BB appears to be dropping to.

[+Warwagon MVC]

WP and BB should have better shares..

 

Not really, WP really wasn't that good of experience. At least for me anyway. Got bored with it in about 5 mins. It was very meh.

[abecedarian paradoxious]

So now we have statistics showing the vast majority of people don't make the right decision.

[+Warwagon MVC]

So now we have statistics showing the vast majority of people don't make the right decision.

 

Are you saying they made the wrong decision for not choosing a Windows phone?

[abecedarian paradoxious]

Are you saying they made the wrong decision for not choosing a Windows phone?

No.

I'm just pointing out that statistics can be interpreted in many different ways...

... much like how you jumped to a conclusion based on what I said.

[sterox]

But for Android they consider all the android platform or only smartphone?

 

Because there is a difference from "all android" (smart + tablet) to.... only smartphone. The same with iOS

[spenser.d]

But for Android they consider all the android platform or only smartphone?

 

Because there is a difference from "all android" (smart + tablet) to.... only smartphone. The same with iOS

 

It pretty clearly states multiple times that the figures are for smartphone shipments.

[The_Observer]

I wish windows phone would gain some numbers, think its a great OS.

[guitmz]

Not really, WP really wasn't that good of experience. At least for me anyway. Got bored with it in about 5 mins. It was very meh.

 

yeah but i mean they should improve to get better shares only 2 companies in the market is not a good thing 

[123456789A]

Windows Phone back to under 3% again. Not looking good for the platform. Blackberry seems to be experiencing a resurgence.

 

Did you see the last column, the one that says Blackberry is down 17.6% year over year? Windows is up 21% but the marketshare shrunk because iOS and Android are still increasing at a higher rate as the size of the market increases. But according to this report, Blackberry and "Others" are the only ones experiencing a true decline.