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Android confirmed its dominance on the smartphone market, and Windows Phone for the first time took the third position in terms of sales. According to research IDC, in the first quarter of this year, smartphones with Android and iOS systems were up 92.3% of all units sold. In third place we find Windows Phone, who defeated BlackBerry.

manufacturers of smartphones with Android and Apple delivered a total of 199.5 million units, an increase of 59.1% compared to the first quarter last year. Shares Android and iOS-and the vast majority of the market in the first quarter, but if you look at the results clearly see that, among the other platforms, there is a reshuffle, and the market ‘search alternatives. Windows Phone gained partenerstwie with Nokia, and the new BlackBerry BB10 in the first quarter, sales were more than a million units – said Ramon Llamas of IDC. Currently the Windows Phone third place shows that chosen by Microsoft and Nokia’s strategy is the right one. However, given the small number of devices sold two companies have in the future, better exercise, to strengthen its position and become a viable alternative to Android and iOS-a – said analyst Kevin Restivo.

market leader androidowych device is Samsung, which in the first quarter had 41.1% market share Android. Rivals were far behind, with jednocyfrowymi results and find them a whole lot of small producers whose shares do not exceed 1 percent.

The big success of Apple can say that in the first three months of this year, sold more iPhones than in any previous quarter. Despite this decline in both market share of its system and reduces the increase in sales compared with an increase of the total market.

biggest increase in shares made while Windows Phone. The system is due mainly Nokia, as many as 79% of smartphones with Windows Phone came from this particular manufacturer. Since the launch of Nokia Lumia family sold 20.3 million phones with Windows Phone. Devices of this system also offers other manufacturers, but it is the only alternative for them the most important for them to Android. Strong growth in Windows Phone, however, indicates that the system acquires the interest of customers and manufacturers.

BlackBerry still logs significant double-digit sales declines.

total in the first quarter of 2013 the Company sold 162.1 million devices with Android, which was 79.5% more than the same period last year. Market share androidowych devices increased from 59.1 to 75.0 percent. Sale of the iOS-I increased from 35.1 to 37.4 million units (6.6%), but market share declined from 23.0 to 17.3%. Record holder, Windows Phone, posted sales growth of 3 to 7 million units (133.3%) and an increase in market share from 2.0 to 3.2%. BlackBerry sales fell from 9.7 to 6.3 million units (-35.1%), and its market share fell from 6.4 to 2.9%. Significant declines also made Linux (from 3.6 to 2.1 million units) and Symbian (from 10.4 to 1.2 million).

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