Gartner: Apple topped smartphone market in Q4 2016, BlackBerry OS' market share reduced to 0.0%
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Market research firm Gartner has released its smartphone market statistics for Q4 2016. The numbers reveal that Apple claimed the top position in the market with 17.9% share, up slightly from the 17.7% share it had in the same quarter the year prior.
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Samsung slipped to number two with 17.8% share of the market. That was down from the 20.7% market share figure the South Korean company managed in Q4 2015. Chinese manufacturers Huawei, Oppo, and BBK rounded up the top five with 9.5%, 6.2% and 5.6% share of the market, respectively.
Overall, for the complete year, Samsung claimed the top spot, while Apple came in at number two.
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Talking about the OS market, Android consolidated its top position by claiming 81.7% share of the market. Share of Apple's iOS also increased a bit from 17.7% to 17.9%. While Windows Phone share reduced from 1.1% to 0.3%, that of BlackBerry OS now stands at 0.0%.
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- Anonymous
- 19 Feb 2017
- UD{
actually they're first overall last year
- Anonymous
- 17 Feb 2017
- R1c
Ya, I don't understand why they even bothered to put a 3 year old OS in the list, OBVIOUSLY its going to be obsolete. Its like comparing windows 7 and windows 10... .
- Anonymous
- 17 Feb 2017
- nHV
Why split OPPO and BBK since OPPO is owned since the beginning by BBK? Facts: BBK = OPPO + VIVO + Oneplus = #3 manufacturer WW