• Android to Outsell iPhones by 2012

    Android to Outsell iPhones by 2012

    Techtree News Staff, Mar 10, 2009 1519 hrs IST

    Last year, almost 162 million smartphones were sold worldwide

    mail share


A recent Informa Telecoms & Media report has revealed trends about the global smartphone industry in the next few years.


According to the report, open handsets will do better than the ones powered by proprietary systems. The report also forecasts that the Android platform, owing to its open pedigree will outsell iPhones worldwide by the year 2012. As for Symbian, whose dominant position is under threat owing to continuous decline in its market share, it will be able to regain its lost glory as soon as it switches to its new Open Source OS expected in 2010.


According to the report, In 2008, almost 162 million smartphones were sold, surpassing laptop sales for the first time. The analyst forecasts smartphone penetration will reach 13.5 percent of new handsets sold this year but is set to treble by 2013 - to well over a third (38 percent) of mobile devices.


It remains to be seen who will be the top contender for the Mobile OS throne in three years time. Will the iPhone juggernaut stop by then?

Follow Techtree on Twitter

Related Links
CES: Palm Intros the Palm Pre
New Palm OS In January 09?
NTT Docomo-KTF Android Phone In 2009
Tag keywords
Android iPhones Informa Telecoms Media smartphones Symbian



Opinion Poll