Kantar: Android grows as iOS and Windows Phone decline in Q3

30 October, 2014
In Europe, Android takes 73.9% market share, while in the US it runs on 61.8% of smartphones.

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AnonD-322156, 31 Oct 2014Surely you never touched any iOS devise, it is not like you... moreLaggy...ahahaha. And let me guess, the last Android phone you have any knowledge of had Gingerbread installed on it.

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    • 31 Oct 2014

    Maybe a few facts. When Elop join Nokia Symbian have 30%, WP atfer ~4 years have 4% global ;>
    Before Elop Nokia selling millions mid and high-end phones like E51, E71, 72, N8 (and many mid-range) etc.
    Huawei shipped 16.8 million smartphones in Q3 this year!
    And they dont have one of the best knowing brand in (mobile) world like using by MS "Nokia".
    Apple sold 70 millions of iPhone 5. Samsung sold 40 mln S2, 80(!)mln S4, Nokia e.g. 15 mln E71, Nokia N70/N72/N73, 45 million sold
    How many high-end phones after killing Symbian and MeeGo like 920, 930, 1020 sold Nokia ?!
    So these results are not impressive, on the contrary, if we takes companies and brands such as Microsoft and Nokia are ... is poorly. Sad that Nokia dont try for real Android and really good (much better then WP, meego was free for nokia, fast, not hermetically closed like WP, much more freedom for users) MeeGo with Intel.
    What if Microsoft dont get generating $2 billion per year in revenue from Android patent...What its profitability WP if you add the cost of advertising and take away money grom patents ?
    Elop promised that people who have abandoned Symbian for android will return to Windows Phone...so I ask where the hell they are ?!

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      • 31 Oct 2014

      Dot-WiFi, 31 Oct 2014lol ~ u sure ?100% - Go research it instead of asking foolish questions.

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        • 31 Oct 2014

        AnonD-27765, 31 Oct 2014iPhone 6 is the best phone available right now. Why are peo... moreyou are really talking nonsense!
        do you know how well android connect to any platform?

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          • 31 Oct 2014

          Anonymous, 31 Oct 2014You said iPhone 6 and 6+ has 2011 specs but did u not see t... moreI do agree(from the reviews I have read) that iphone 6 have good performance... Better than snapdragon 801 chipset and maybe just slightly lower than 805 and nvidia Tegra k1...but the fact that I hate about I phones are that its like a closed system with very little freedom to a user..I believe you couldn't even send music files to iPhone or even transfer it from your computer other than via iTunes...common... They are forcing us to use iTunes...its like we have to be satisfied with what they give...on the other hand android is a lot flexible and that we can change it to suit our taste and provide much greater degrees of freedom...
          And second thing I hate about Iphones is that it is insanely expensive..you can get almost similar experience with Xiaomi mi3/mi4 at one third of the price...that's a huge difference...thus I don't think iphone 6 is a good value for the money...
          And third thing I hate about I phones is that its users think of it as a status symbol...I really want that image to go away as I don't believe it is true due to the above two reasons...
          In short, I hate iPhone 6 not because i think it is a crappy phone, but because it is priced more than it is worth and it is hyped more than it deserves...

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            • 31 Oct 2014

            AnonD-915, 31 Oct 2014most of the people nowadays are techsavvy. they want to bri... morenice try, android are for nerds who worry about specs and programming sh!t. iphones are for actors, athletes and cool people who have a life.

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              • 31 Oct 2014

              AnonD-27765, 31 Oct 2014iPhone 6 is the best phone available right now. Why are peo... moreHey,do you really think so...i6 purely seems like a chinese product not more than cheaper design.
              For your clearification android is best supporting os also compatible with all pcs not a iphone always show traunts while trying to attach.

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                • 31 Oct 2014

                AnonD-915, 31 Oct 2014most of the people nowadays are techsavvy. they want to bri... moreSurely you never touched any iOS devise, it is not like your laggy android. Android is just a half backed crap .

                  AnonD-915, 31 Oct 2014most of the people nowadays are techsavvy. they want to bri... moreit show u really dont know how to used iphone ~ right

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                    • 31 Oct 2014

                    iPhone 6 is the best phone available right now. Why are people still debating? It's a well-known fact. iPhone syncs seamlessly across all Apple devices. Android is crappy. It's for people who don't own a computer.

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                      • 31 Oct 2014

                      Anonymous, 30 Oct 2014Can I suggest u upgrade ur iBrain please Ha ha ... They cant.
                      They need a laptop and then itunes installed in it to upgrade their ibrains.

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                        • 31 Oct 2014

                        Dot-WiFi, 31 Oct 2014for them higher is better... even cheap quad core phone the... moremost of the people nowadays are techsavvy. they want to bring out the best on their devices. and that's what android can do. but in iOS? Nah. just a closed system for minimalist or boring people who just need a "phone", not a smartphone. LOL

                          Anonymous, 31 Oct 2014You need to do some research before you post crap. Android... morelol ~ u sure ?

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                            • 31 Oct 2014

                            Anonymous, 31 Oct 2014Android makes high end phones run like crap that's why. Jav... moreMore like your post is crap. Android is much more better than iOS and 100 times better than Windows Phones.

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                              • 31 Oct 2014

                              Anonymous, 31 Oct 2014Android makes high end phones run like crap that's why. Jav... moreYou need to do some research before you post crap. Android is a Linux based OS, not java.

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                                • 31 Oct 2014

                                What About In India ?
                                Definitly Android will occupies 80+% Here . .!

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                                  • 31 Oct 2014

                                  AnonD-1825, 30 Oct 2014"People who pay the extortionate price for the iPhone6... moreWhat other phones have you used that have fingerprint sensors? And you're delusional if you think the camera on the iphone is the best.

                                  Read some of the hands on test drives of other phones on gsmarena and other phone review websites.

                                  Oh, and the other thing you're missing is called OBJECTivity

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                                    • 31 Oct 2014

                                    Android, 30 Oct 2014Apple have publicly stated NFC won't be extended past that ... moreAside from the 64bit chipset, I absolutely agree and that is why I stopped buying iphones (original, 3gs, 4s). Apple just kept dragging their feet on offering features in their insanely expensive phones years after they were available from other manufacturers.

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                                      • 31 Oct 2014

                                      AnonD-79109, 30 Oct 2014HTC made profits this year.. Going good for android as of n... moreI don't own an M8, but a friend does and I've used it over the course of a week and believe it to be one of the best phones available on the market right now

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                                        • 31 Oct 2014

                                        Android Man, 30 Oct 2014proof is in the figures. Android is the best OS in the worl... moreBest selling doesn't make it the best OS. There are a number of features in Blackberry OS 10.x and ios 8 which trump Android.

                                        In my opinion, the most secure, stable and flexible OS available now is BOS 10.3