IDC: Android and iOS Control World Smartphone Market

International Data Corporation (IDC) recently released a report on smartphone sales all around the world during the second quarter of 2012. In the report, it is revealed that when combined, Android and iOS dominates 85% of the world’s smartphone market.

Android from various carrier brands, becomes the king by distributing 104.8 million smartphones during the second quarter of 2012. The number is 68.1% of global smartphone market. 44.0% of the Android market is dominated by Samsung. The number of Samsung’s market is even bigger than the other seven producers of Android smartphone.

Meanwhile, Apple manages to distribute 26 million iOS smartphones in the second quarter of 2012. The number means that Apple controls 16.9% of the market. Each of the two operating systems which once controlled the market, BlackBerry and Symbian, only control less than 5% of the world’s market today. BlackBerry owns 4.8% of the market while Symbian controls 4.4%.

Kevin Restivo, senior research analyst at IDC says in the IDC release that currently, there is no doubt that the smartphone operating system market has become the competition arena for Android and iOS. But with world’s phone market still controlled by featured phones, this competition is far from over. Although it will be more difficult to enter the market, the room is there.