In the 3rd quarter Android grabbed an astonishing 75% of the smartphone market.  Android shipped out a record breaking 136.0 million units in one single quarter. Devices like Samsung’s Galaxy SIII and other High end android helped with Androids global domination.  For those wondering Apple shipped a modest 14.9 with it’s iPhone 5 release.

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This was possible thanks to Android’s 91.5 percent year-over-year growth (or 12.5 percentage points from the third quarter last year), which was nearly double the overall market growth rate of 46.4 percent. To put things further into perspective, Android’s total volume for the quarter was greater than the total number of smartphones shipped in all of 2007, the year that Android was officially announced.

 

Apple’s iOS was a distant second place to Android, but as IDC notes, it was the only other mobile operating system to see double-digit market share growth: it gained 1.1 percentage points when compared with the third quarter last year. The iPhone 5′s launch in the middle of the quarter, as well as lower prices on older models, ensured iOS’ continued gains.