Samsung Rules, BB Drops To 1.5 Per Cent Market Share

Samsung’s market share has reportedly grown to 35 per cent, while Apple still has 14 per cent. According to a report by ABI Research, the global leader in the smartphone market is doing very well, while Blackberry has reached its lowest point in market share till date. The report said that 438 million mobile handsets and 244 million smartphones have been shipped in the third quarter of 2013. While Samsung’s share rose, Apple held on to its market share of 14 per cent. Blackberry on the other hand has sunk to 1.5 per cent of the market share.


In the operating systems front Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system has grown by a huge 165 per cent year-on-year, but it still has only 4 per cent of the market share. Out of this, Nokia accounts for a massive 95 per cent of Windows Phone-based smartphones being shipped. The market leader in this segment is of course Google’s Android OS, which still owns 80.6 per cent of the share.

The ABI report also mentioned that Cupertino-based technology giant Apple is reportedly planning to ship 53 million iPhones during this quarter. The research said that if true, then Apple will experience a huge drop in its market share in the fourth quarter. The drop could be up to 18.7 per cent, which was 22.6 per cent in the fourth quarter last year.