mrstickball on 10 November 2010
As per Gartner:
Q3 2010 Sales, by OS:
| OS | Units (in Thousands) | Q3 2010 Mkt. Share | Units (2009) | Q3 2009 Mkt. Share | ||
| Symbian (Nokia) | 29,480 | 36.6% | 18,314 | 44.6% | ||
| Android | 20,500 | 25.5% | 1,424 | 3.5% | ||
| iOS (iPhone/Pad) | 13,484 | 16.7% | 7,040 | 17.1% | ||
| Research in Motion (BlackBerry) | 11,908 | 14.8% | 8,522 | 20.7% | ||
| Windows Mobile | 2,247 | 2.8% | 3,259 | 7.9% | ||
| Linux | 1,697 | 2.1% | 1,918 | 4.7% | ||
| Other | 1,214 | 1.5% | 612 | 1.5% |
Pretty amazing stuff. Symbian and RIM's market share got totally destroyed during the quarter, losing 8% and 6% respectively. iOS held up pretty well, but is in 3rd place now.
Very interesting stuff. Android grew 100% from Q2 2010 - selling 10 million more units than last quarter. It has a good shot at beaing out Symbian for first place in Q4, or Q1 by latest.
I did a writeup about it on my blog if anyone is interested in charts and graphs of the OS wars... The market grew a whopping 20 million units from last quarter, and 96% year-over-year. Smartphones now control 19% of all mobile phone sales, worldwide.
Here's my blog: Digital Game Insights
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
