Market share of Android-powered smartphones hits record in Q1: data
May 14, 2013
About two-thirds of smartphones shipped globally in the first quarter ran on Google Inc.'s Android platform, data showed Tuesday, further cementing its dominance over other operating systems (OS).Shipments of Android-powered smartphones totaled a record 161 million units in the January-March period, according to the data by Strategy Analytics.That translates into the Android platform powering 75.2 percent of smartphones shipped during the cited period, also a record high, the data showed.The sur