IDC’s Smartphone Stats for 4Q 2012, and a Review of Their Mobile OS Share Prediction for 2015
IDC’s Smartphone Stats for 4Q 2012
IDC have released their 4Q 2012 data from their Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, and here’s what it has to report:
- 227.8 million mobile operating systems units were shipped in 4Q 2012. 159.8 million were Android and 47.8 million were iOS, and together, they have 91% of the mobile OS market.
- 4Q 2012′s mobile device shipments were up 70.2% from 4Q 2011.
- Samsung accounts for 42% of all Android smartphone shipments.
- Nokia accounts for 76% of all Windows Phone shipments.
- iOS showed double digit growth for 4Q 2012 and the entire year, but its year-over-year growth has slowed compared to the rest of the market.
Here’s how their numbers break down for 4Q 2012…
|
Operating System |
4Q12 Unit Shipments |
4Q12 Market Share |
4Q11 Unit Shipments |
4Q11 Market Share |
Year over Year Change |
| Android |
159.8 |
70.1% |
85.0 |
52.9% |
88.0% |
| iOS |
47.8 |
21.0% |
37.0 |
23.0% |
29.2% |
| BlackBerry |
7.4 |
3.2% |
13.0 |
8.1% |
-43.1% |
| Windows Phone/ Windows Mobile |
6.0 |
2.6% |
2.4 |
1.5% |
150.0% |
| Linux |
3.8 |
1.7% |
3.9 |
2.4% |
-2.6% |
| Others |
3.0 |
1.3% |
19.5 |
12.1% |
-84.6% |
| Total |
227.8 |
100.0% |
160.8 |
100.0% |
41.7% |
…and here are their numbers for the complete year of 2012:
|
Operating System |
2012 Unit Shipments |
2012 Market Share |
2011 Unit Shipments |
2011 Market Share |
Year over Year Change |
| Android |
497.1 |
68.8% |
243.5 |
49.2% |
104.1% |
| iOS |
135.9 |
18.8% |
93.1 |
18.8% |
46.0% |
| BlackBerry |
32.5 |
4.5% |
51.1 |
10.3% |
-36.4% |
| Symbian |
23.9 |
3.3% |
81.5 |
16.5% |
-70.7% |
| Windows Phone/ Windows Mobile |
17.9 |
2.5% |
9.0 |
1.8% |
98.9% |
| Others |
15.1 |
2.1% |
16.3 |
3.3% |
-7.4% |
| Total |
722.4 |
100.0% |
494.5 |
100.0% |
46.1% |
For more, see the summary of their Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.
How IDC’s 2015 Mobile OS Share Predictions are Holding Up
Here’s a chart based on IDC’s predicted mobile OS market share for 2015:
They might be a little off with their prediction for Windows Phone’s share of the market.
