Android overtakes Symbian - MS Falls

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laresTue 01/02/11 12:37

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"Google's Android overtook the long-time market leader, Nokia's Symbian, as the world's most popular smartphone platform in the fourth quarter, according to the research firm Canalys.

In total, 32.9m phones running Android were sold to retailers and mobile networks in the fourth quarter of 2010, compared with Symbian's total sales of 31m in the quarter, the researcher said."


"The biggest loser in sales terms was Microsoft, which was the only company to power fewer smartphones – 3.1m compared with 3.9m in Q4 2009. Given that it said last week that 2m phones running its new Windows Phone 7 OS have shipped to retailers and networks since its launch at the end of October, that suggests that 1.1m phones running the now-orphaned Windows Mobile OS were also shipped."

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deleted:gayrathTue 01/02/11 12:49

 

Its obviously really good news for us Android users! But I think the stats don't show that Android is more popular then Symbian at all. It only takes account of sales in the last quarter. It doesn't take into account phones that are already out there being used.

So more Android then Symbian phones may have been sold last quarter, but I would bet you the contents of my bank account that there are far more Symbian phones being used at the moment then Android, which would still make Symbian the more popular mobile OS.

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