The battle for first place started with Apple way out front with little competition. Android has been on a steady and rapid rise and now holds the front position globally with about 72% share and in the United States passing the 50% mark last year.
More interesting is the battle for third place. Blackberry has made what appears to be their final push to regain momentum with the release of Blackberry 10 in January of this year. The numbers are in and Blackberry is fading to the back of the pack.
http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-windows-phone-overtakes-blackberry-but-android-dominates-smartphones-utterly-7000019381/
Windows Phone has taken over third place and is seeing robust sales growth, though that still leaves it trailing very far behind Apple and Android.
Here is a view from the article with the data sourced from Gartner for Q2 2013:
Android is way out in front, Apple's share continues to erode, Microsoft is seeing double-digit growth and Blackberry is moving towards the dustbin of oblivion.
Happy reading,
J.W. Gant
**UPDATE**
Digital Trends .com is getting in to the act and using the popularity of the HBO series "Game of Thrones" to help send the message (by the way Game of Thrones is well worth watching if you haven't joined in yet, and worth reading as well).
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/smartphone-sales-for-q2-2013/
Good imagery for a story about smart phones.
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