Android, iPhone Account for 92% of Q4 Smartphone Shipments

[zakislam]

Both platforms cumulatively shipped just under 200 million smartphones.

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[john15v16]

Seriously...without the stats, this is the obvious...

 

[fnh]

As a Windows Phone 7.5 user, I could only laugh at Microsoft's obvious failings.

 

[eternalkp]

why even put iphone in there?
we all know android dominating the market

 

[LightningStryk17]

[citation][nom]eternalkp[/nom]why even put iphone in there?we all know android dominating the market[/citation]
Because 22% is still a very large number of phones, especially when you consider that iOS platform is 100% closed.

And of course Android will dominate the market, its 100% free and open, anybody and there mother can make an android smartphone.

 

[evan1715]

@fnh
As a Windows Phone 8 user, I could laugh at how great Microsoft did with it.

 

[halcyon]

In other news humans are considered mammals, breath in O2, and exhale CO2.

 

[bllue]

Too many iphones being sold

 

[robochump]

[citation][nom]LightningStryk17[/nom]Because 22% is still a very large number of phones, especially when you consider that iOS platform is 100% closed.And of course Android will dominate the market, its 100% free and open, anybody and there mother can make an android smartphone.[/citation]

Android is not 100% free. Believe it or not Microsoft gets some licensing fees from Android OS because of proprietary software within it.

 

[becherovka]

I hope Windows phone can take some share of the market (from iphone). It would be good to have at least two good options.

 

[wingartz]

[citation][nom]becherovka[/nom]I hope Windows phone can take some share of the market (from iphone). It would be good to have at least two good options.[/citation]

my bet is BB10

 

[gogogadgetliver]

[citation][nom]evan1715[/nom]@fnhAs a Windows Phone 8 user, I could laugh at how great Microsoft did with it.[/citation]

wp8 rocks. You can pry it from my cold dead hands. Google and Apple will have to make some drastic OS improvements for me to consider them again.

 

[phate]

[citation][nom]robochump[/nom]Android is not 100% free. Believe it or not Microsoft gets some licensing fees from Android OS because of proprietary software within it.[/citation]

False, MicroSoft does extort fees from some Android manufacturers. Others do not pay anything, and MS has not attempted to extort Google yet. They tend to only go after smaller fish who have a harder time defending themselves.

 

[gogogadgetliver]

[citation][nom]phate[/nom]False, MicroSoft does extort fees from some Android manufacturers. Others do not pay anything, and MS has not attempted to extort Google yet. They tend to only go after smaller fish who have a harder time defending themselves.[/citation]

Small fish like HTC and Samsung... oh wait.. those are the two largest sellers of Android aren't they? Not surprised you went there though. Your word 'extortion' belays your bias. These are legal licensing agreements.

 

[abbadon_34]

Seems like this headline repeats every couple days just reworded. But I guess there's no real news to steal when a certain someone's bookmarks are all Apple websites