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Google Inc.'s popular Android mobile platform will overtake mobile operating systems made by Research In Motion (RIM), Apple and Microsoft by 2010 and will keep stride with Nokia's Symbian OS for the No.1 spot by 2014, research firm Gartner Inc. said.
According to a Gartner report, Android will become No.2 mobile OS by the end of this year, controlling 17.7 percent of the market. In comparison, RIM's BlackBerry OS, Apple's iOS and Microsoft's Windows Phone will control 17.5 percent, 15.4 percent and 4.7 percent respectively. The only mobile OS to beat Android this year will be Nokia's Symbian OS, which will control 40.1 percent.
However, according to Gartner, the gap between Symbian and Android will be closing fast and in 2014, Symbian's market share will drop to 30.2 percent while Android's market share will surge to 29.6 percent. RIM, Apple and Microsoft are predicted to see the market share of their mobile OS drop to 11.7 percent, 14.9 percent and 3.9 percent respectively in 2014.
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Posted: 2010-09-12 10:52:38
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That can only be a good thing
(ie. HTC making more devices, because lets face it its them who make the best Android devices)
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Posted: 2010-09-12 10:54:39
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Healthy competition...win-win situation
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Posted: 2010-09-12 12:52:21
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Wow google is about to dominate everything. The world is next.
Anyway, unless Nokia cleans up Symbian I predict that it will go down faster than was stated in the article. Then again Nokia with such a large share could do well by cleaning up Symbian and maintaining their dominance.
I say that while making plans buying the Nokia N8.
[ This Message was edited by: skblakee on 2010-09-12 13:01 ]
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Posted: 2010-09-12 13:58:46
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Yep, Google = A good version of Apple
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Posted: 2010-09-12 14:00:02
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We don't even need to see the stats. This was known since time ago.
The problem now is who will dominate the Market with their Android mobile phones
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And I think that's too much time. 2014? I say it will be before.
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Posted: 2010-09-12 14:06:00
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That article was kind of misleading. Did it ever mention that these numbers was for smartphones and not the market in general?
"According to a Gartner report, Android will become No.2 mobile OS by the end of this year".
The Smartphone numbers by Gartner (in thousands)
Sold units Q2 2010
25.387 - Symbian
11.229 - RIM
10.606 - Android
8.743 - iOS
3.096 - Windows Mobile
1.503 - Linux
1.085 - Other
Total global sales of all mobile phones (smart and not so smart phones)
111.474 - Nokia
65.328 - Samsung
29.367 - LG
11.229 - RIM
11.009 - Sony Ericsson
9.109 - Motorla
8.743 - iOS
5.909 - HTC
5.546 - ZTE
5.209 - G'Five
62.635 - other
According to these numbers by Gartner, Nokia sold 111.474.000 mobile phones in quarter 2, 2010. Most of them are Symbian phones. Which tells us that 86.087.000 of sold Nokia phones are not so smart, but the number of units are still 20 million higher than the total number of smartphones sold in the same period.
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Posted: 2010-09-12 14:49:59
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On 2010-09-12 14:06:00, tranced wrote:
We don't even need to see the stats. This was known since time ago.
The problem now is who will dominate the Market with their Android mobile phones
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And I think that's too much time. 2014? I say it will be before.
I somewhat agree. At the pace android phones are being activated and with people being less and less happy with Nokia's Symbian it could possibly in two years. Heck, Nokia might even jump on the Symbian bandwagon.
Nokia has about one year or so to bring Symbian up to par or face losing out further to the new comers.
Samsung as the number two phone maker seems poised to dominate the Android market.Their phones or doing very well right now.
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Posted: 2010-09-12 15:36:15
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Lukechris
I think you're missing the point here, what makes Android so successful is the fact that its shipped in different devices by different manufacturers with a variety of hardware mixes, for
YOU HTC may make the best, for some its Moto, Samsung, SE, Dell, Acer etc... As great as the Desire is for me personaly its design, camera, battery and display arent as good as the X10s for example, so i took the X10, and thats what's going to allow Android to get into more pockets, the wide variety of available Androids as this will allow you to pick the one that matchs your needs best, without leaving your favourite manufacturer or leaving Android.
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Posted: 2010-09-12 15:42:44
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@Tsepz_GP
Well said!
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Posted: 2010-09-13 13:25:22
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