Android became the number one smartphone platform in the world for the first time. The latest figures from Canalys showed Android accounting for 33.3 million handsets shipped in Q4 2010, slightly ahead of Symbian’s 31 million. Apple pulled 16.2 million, nearly double year-over-year. BlackBerry maker RIM took fourth with 14.6 million, up from 10.7 million the prior year. Microsoft rounded out the top five at 3.1 million shipped.
Market share for Q4 2010:
- Android 32.9%
- Symbian 30.6%
- Apple 16%
- RIM 14.4%
- Microsoft 3.1%
These figures should be taken as indicative of trends rather than gospel; every report offers a slightly different perspective. As a whole, the smartphone market jumped 89 percent from the prior year, topping 100 million units in Q4 alone. For the full year of 2010, the total came in just under 300 million smartphones shipped.
