According to IDC, Android and iOS together constitute 92.3% of all smartphone OS shipments in the first quarter of 2013. In total 199.5 million Android and iOS devices were shipped in the first quarter, marking an increase of 59%, from last year’s first quarter figures of 125.4 million. Android owns 75% of the market share while Apple owns 17.3%.
Windows Phone with 3.2% of the market share has leapfrogged Blackberry and has moved at number three. It posted the largest year-over-year increase of 133%, where Blackberry’s market share has declined to 2.9%. Apple iOS touched their best ever first quarter volume due to their growing iPhone shipment volumes, however, its year-over-year market share has declined by 6.6%.
The credit for Windows Phone’s good show largely goes to Nokia which accounts for 79.0% of all Windows Phone shipments during the quarter.