Android increases its wide dominance on the Global Smartphone Shipments in Q3 2016

The momentum remains on an exciting curve with global smartphone shipments that grew nearly 6 percent annually from 354.2 million units in Q3 2015 to 375.4 million in Q3 2016.

I can also observe that, modest smartphone regrowth is being supported by emerging markets with relatively low smartphone penetration across Asia and Africa Middle East, particularly countries such as India, South Africa , Nigeria and Indonesia.

According to Strategy Analytics, Android’s domination of global smartphone shipments remained strong in Q3 2016, with a record 88 percent of all smartphones now running Google’s OS. Apple iOS lost ground to Android and dipped to 12 percent share worldwide in Q3 2016, due to a monotonous performance in China and Africa.

The same firm also reveals that, BlackBerry and Microsoft Windows Phone have all, but disappeared due to strategic shifts, while Tizen and other emerging platforms softened as a result of limited product portfolios and modest developer support.