CALIFORNIA - The operating system ( OS ) Android controlled 81.3 percent of the global smartphone market in the quarter III/2013 . According to research firm Strategy Analytics , the number was up from 75 percent in the same quarter last year .
Reported by Cnet , on Friday ( 11/01/2013 ) , Android phone shipments totaled 204.4 million units in the quarter III/2013 , up from 129.6 million compared to the same period last year . Meanwhile , Apple ( iOS ) took second place but fell to 13.4 percent from 15.6 percent, with total shipments of 33.8 million units of smartphones .
" Apple experienced deterioration due to absent in the low-end smartphone market . Should take chances Android shipments from Apple if the OS is still grow in the future , but not in the near future given the iPhone 5S was popular and will help Apple in the quarter IV/2013 , "said Strategy Analytics senior analyst Scott Bicheno .
Strategy Analytics also details other mobile OS market share in the quarter III/2013 with comparisons to the same period last year . Furthermore , Windows Phone came in third with 4.1 percent market share rose from 2.1 percent to total shipments of 10.2 million units , up from 3.7 million units .
With this achievement , known as Windows Phone smartphone platform with the most rapid growth . However, Microsoft 's mobile OS still needs a major boost in a number of countries .
Microsoft's growth is almost entirely due to Nokia and the company will continue to add Lumia portfolio in Europe , Asia , and the United States ( U.S. ) . " But Microsoft clearly still at a low level in the world market and is struggling to get serious traction in some key markets such as Japan , South Korea , and Africa , " said Strategy Analytics Executive Director Neil Mawston .
Meanwhile , the BlackBerry is in the fourth position with a market share of 1 per cent down from 4.3 per cent to the total shipments of 2.5 million units , down from 7.4 million units in the same period last year .
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