Android accounted for 34 percent of total phone shipments in Q4 2012

Android smartphones accounted for 34 percent of all phone shipments, while iOS handsets accounted for 11 percent, according to a new report by Canalys.

February 08, 2013 / 10:50 IST

Android smartphones accounted for 34 percent of all phone shipments in Q4 2012, while iOS handsets accounted for 11 percent, according to a new report by Canalys. The report found that smartphones now represent almost 50 percent of all phones shipped in Q4 2012. It has found that the total mobile phone market, at 438.1 million units, was flat year-on-year. That aside, the global smartphone market grew 37 percent.

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first published: Feb 8, 2013 10:40 am

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