IDC’s Smartphone Stats for 4Q 2012
IDC have released their 4Q 2012 data from their Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, and here’s what it has to report:
- 227.8 million mobile operating systems units were shipped in 4Q 2012. 159.8 million were Android and 47.8 million were iOS, and together, they have 91% of the mobile OS market.
- 4Q 2012’s mobile device shipments were up 70.2% from 4Q 2011.
- Samsung accounts for 42% of all Android smartphone shipments.
- Nokia accounts for 76% of all Windows Phone shipments.
- iOS showed double digit growth for 4Q 2012 and the entire year, but its year-over-year growth has slowed compared to the rest of the market.
Here’s how their numbers break down for 4Q 2012…
|
Operating System |
4Q12 Unit Shipments |
4Q12 Market Share |
4Q11 Unit Shipments |
4Q11 Market Share |
Year over Year Change |
| Android |
159.8 |
70.1% |
85.0 |
52.9% |
88.0% |
| iOS |
47.8 |
21.0% |
37.0 |
23.0% |
29.2% |
| BlackBerry |
7.4 |
3.2% |
13.0 |
8.1% |
-43.1% |
| Windows Phone/ Windows Mobile |
6.0 |
2.6% |
2.4 |
1.5% |
150.0% |
| Linux |
3.8 |
1.7% |
3.9 |
2.4% |
-2.6% |
| Others |
3.0 |
1.3% |
19.5 |
12.1% |
-84.6% |
| Total |
227.8 |
100.0% |
160.8 |
100.0% |
41.7% |
…and here are their numbers for the complete year of 2012:
|
Operating System |
2012 Unit Shipments |
2012 Market Share |
2011 Unit Shipments |
2011 Market Share |
Year over Year Change |
| Android |
497.1 |
68.8% |
243.5 |
49.2% |
104.1% |
| iOS |
135.9 |
18.8% |
93.1 |
18.8% |
46.0% |
| BlackBerry |
32.5 |
4.5% |
51.1 |
10.3% |
-36.4% |
| Symbian |
23.9 |
3.3% |
81.5 |
16.5% |
-70.7% |
| Windows Phone/ Windows Mobile |
17.9 |
2.5% |
9.0 |
1.8% |
98.9% |
| Others |
15.1 |
2.1% |
16.3 |
3.3% |
-7.4% |
| Total |
722.4 |
100.0% |
494.5 |
100.0% |
46.1% |
For more, see the summary of their Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.
How IDC’s 2015 Mobile OS Share Predictions are Holding Up
Here’s a chart based on IDC’s predicted mobile OS market share for 2015:
They might be a little off with their prediction for Windows Phone’s share of the market.
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