Android Overtakes Symbian in Asia, On Track to Be Number One OS in Nordic Regions Next Summer
Two new reports have just been published giving us a world-view of just how far Android has come in terms of smartphone market share. While US reports have steadily seen Android pacing and in some cases surpassing iOS and global trends are on the up and up, the latest data gives us a more local idea of where Google’s OS is succeeding.
In Asia, Android has just surpassed surpassed long-time leader Symbian for smartphone supremacy in Q3, according to market research firm GfK Asia. Interesting to note is the rise in overall smartphone sales, up from 1.27 million to over 4.7 million from the same time last year.
In Nordic regions, QAim Oy is reporting that Android is steadily growing. Measuring access requests to Nordic web content, Android holds third place with 9.85 percent, but it is the strong growth compared to an 0.83 percent share earlier this year that has analysts projecting Android to overtake both iOS and Symbian by August 2011.
All is good news for Google and Android users, as continued growth of the platform worldwide can only lead to greater and greater innovations.
[via CellularNews, 2]