Queen Android and Windows smartphones grows - Informador.com.mx

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WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES (29/ABR/2013.) – The Android mobile operating system Google extended its dominance in the smart phone category in the United States and other major markets in early 2013, according to a survey published on Monday.

According to the survey Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, Android was used in 49.3% of smartphones sold in the U.S. market in the first quarter, compared to 43.7% who used Apple’s iOS, the operating system of the iPhone.

Android has increased his lead over a year ago, when Apple surpassed by a margin of 47.9 to 44.6%.

In other major markets was even more dominant Android: accounted for 93.5% of smartphones in Spain, 73.6% in Germany and 69.4% in China.

Japan was the only country survey that Apple was leading with a market share of 49.2% to 45.8% for Android.

But the survey also showed increases in several countries to a relative ‘outsider’, the Windows Phone by Microsoft, after the presentation of the updated platform in late 2012.

In the United States, Windows increased its share to 5.6% from 3.7% a year, said Kantar. Windows grabbed 10.9% of smartphone sales in Italy, 7.2% in France and 7.0% in Britain.

“As iOS and Android still struggling to record the highest selling systems smartphone operating, we have seen Windows has grown steadily over the past year and is now at its highest sales to date, “said analyst Kantar, Mary-Ann Parlato.

” The strength of Windows seems to be the ability to attract early buyers of smartphones, passing from a basic feature phone, “he said, adding that this means that the outlook is positive for Windows, especially in the United States.

“With more than half the U.S. market even with a basic feature phone, it is likely that many update their device over the next year, which will contribute to further growth of the Windows brand,” said Parlato.