MADRID, 16 (Portaltic / EP)
mobile operating system Microsoft (NasdaqGS: MSFT – News), Windows Phone, BlackBerry has managed to snatch third place in the market for mobile operating systems for the first time in the first quarter of 2013. The mobile OS from Redmond has achieved in this period a share of 3.2 percent, versus 2.9 percent of BlackBerry OS. Android has an overwhelming share of 75 percent, followed distantly by iOS.
The fight for first place as the leading operating system in the market has not changed much from last year. The first two positions are still occupied by Android, Google’s mobile OS (NasdaqGS: GOOG – News), and iOS, the Apple system (NasdaqGS: AAPL – News). However, where we first see a change is the third and fourth. Microsoft has achieved what he craved after the redesign of its Windows Phone operating system, BlackBerry overtake and become one of the top three.
In the first quarter of 2013, Android has gained a market share of 75 percent, ranking the first position, while his great rival Apple continues behind him with 17.3 percent share. Both have achieved 92.3 percent share of smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2013.
third is Windows Phone. The mobile OS Microsoft has achieved in this period by 3.2 percent share, up from 2 percent achieved in the same period last year. This way has overcome the BlackBerry OS, which in the first quarter of 2013 has achieved 2.9 percent share, up from 6.4 per cent achieved in the same period of 2012.
arrival of Windows Phone 8 along with new Lumia devices its Finnish partner Nokia (Stockholm: NOKI-SEK.ST – news) have made the mobile OS from Redmond has managed to grow by 1.2 per percent in just one year. Meanwhile, despite the launch of its new BlackBerry 10, the Canadian company has suffered a decline of 3.5 percent in a year.
Related links:
– IDC Press Release
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