Shipments
of Android smartphones running Android operating system seems to continue to to dominate other
platforms by an overwhelming margin according to a new report from Statscounter
data for Mobile OS in Q3,2012.
Digitimes Research, the analyst arm of
daily trade paper Digitimes reported that Android accounted for approximately 60%
of all smartphones shipped in the first half of 2012. Despite the iPhone 5
launch on September,2012 which is on
record to sell over 50 million
units this year according to recent estimates from
Baird’s William Power — Digitimes Research analyst Luke Lin estimates that
Android’s market share in the second half will balloon to 70% of the global
market
Source: StatCounter Global Stats - Mobile OS Market Share