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Google is steadily conquering the world with its Android platform. It’s not just the Western hemisphere that’s under the strong influence of the search giant – users on the Far East love it, too. In fact, at the end of last year, Android had 68.4 percent of the Chinese smartphone market by the number of smartphones sold, which is up from 33.6% at the end of Q1 2011.
Rise of Android brought demise to Symbian, which saw its share more than halve to 18.7% last year.
Meanwhile, Apple saw demand for the iPhone coming from wealthier Chinese cities, with its market share rising from 4.1% in the first quarter to 5.7% at the end of the fourth quarter. The Cupertino giant said China remains a key growth market for them…
Reuters’ report ends with further promise of growth for Android, with two Chinese handset makers, ZTE and Huawei, working on cheap smartphones to be offered by the major operators in the country…
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
