Android is still the top mobile operating system in the UK, despite the release of the iPhone 5 a few months back. Apple?s iPhone only accounts for a third of the smartphone market. Android, on the other hand, accounts for a third of smartphones sold in the UK. RIM?s Blackberry market share continues to drop.
These new figures come to us courtesy of Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. The firm reveals that the iPhone 5 did not impact iPhone sales as much as Apple hoped. Although the iOS market share rose by 5% compared to the same period last year, Google?s operating system enjoyed an increase of 7%. Android is now at the top spot, grabbing 54% of the market.
It seems Blackberry is in dire straits. RIM suffered a decrease in market shares, from 19% to a mere 7.9%. It looks like shoppers would rather get their hands on touchscreen handsets such as the iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S3 rather than Blackberry handsets sporting physical QWERTY keyboards.
In the US, however, Apple owes an increase of 25% to the iPhone 5. This has made iOS the top mobile OS in the US.
Blackberry is doing much worse in the US compared to the UK. It now accounts for less than 2% of the US smartphone market, compared to 8.5% in the same period last year. RIM plans to change its fortunes with the release of Blackberry 10 in 2013.
RIM is expected to launch Blackberry 10 alongside two new handsets running the software, the fully touchscreen London and the QWERTY-sporting Nevada. RIM CEO is confident that Blackberry devices will replace the laptop in the next few years.
What do you make of these figures? Are you with Apple; are you with Android, or are you are loyal Blackberry fan? Share your thoughts through a comment on our Facebook page.
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