Android, iOS combine for 91 percent of market

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Android and iOS completely dominate the mobile market, according to new data from research firm IDC.

IDC revealed today that Android owned 70.1 percent of the smartphone OS market in the fourth quarter, on 159.8 million shipments. Last year during the same period, Android owned 52.9 percent of the space, on 85 million shipments.

Android's popularity was similarly strong throughout 2012, as the operating system scored 68.8 percent ownership, on 497.1 million shipments.

Apple's iOS proved to be a distant second during the fourth quarter and throughout 2012. According to IDC, Apple's operating system owned 21 percent of the smartphone market during the fourth quarter and 18.8 percent on an annual basis. Apple shipped 47.8 million smartphones in the fourth quarter and 135.9 million iPhones in 2012. In 2011, Apple fourth-quarter and full-year market share was 23 percent and 18.8 percent, respectively.



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