Androids take the lead

A recent article in NielsenWire shows that Android is now in 56% of all smartphones sold in August 2011. Apple keeps its 28% share of convinced followers but the remaining competition (I guess including Windows mobile is basically obliterated.  58% percent of new buyers pick a smartphone and the total smartphone penetration is now 43% according to Nielsen figures

About Jens Zander

Professor Jens Zander is professor in Radio Communication Systems at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. He has been among the few in Swedens Ny Teknik magazine's annual list of influential people in ICT that have been given the epithet “Mobile Guru”. He is one of the leading researchers in mobile communication and is the Scientific director of the industry/academia collaboration center Wireless@KTH. His research group focuses on three main areas – the efficient and scalable use of the radio frequency spectrum, economic aspects of mobile systems and application and energy efficiency in future wireless infrastructures.
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2 Responses to Androids take the lead

  1. Syed Fahad Yunas says:

    Glad to know i am one of those who took android’s market share to 56% :)nOh wait, are these statistics just for Sweden or all Scandinavian countries.

  2. Anonymous says:

    This is the US market .. so you phone doesn’t count,u00a0 Syed :)

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