MUMBAI: Google’s mobile operating system Android has dominated China smartphone market growing its share by about 35 percent in 2011, according to technology research firm Analysys International.
The study revealed that android garnered 68.4 percent of the market share, a steep rise from 33.6 percent at the end of the first quarter of 2011.
The cementing of Android’s dominance in China came at the expense of Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia whose Symbian OS saw its market share dip to 18.7 percent last year.
Apple posted a modest growth in 2011, with the market share of its operating system rising from 4.1 percent in the first quarter to 5.7 percent at the end of the fourth quarter. The company maintains that China remains a key growth market for its handsets with 988 million mobile phone subscribers.
Android’s rise comes as smartphones become cheaper in China due to the sales initiatives of local mobile device makers ZTE Corp and Huawei Technologies, who sign contracts with Chinese telecoms companies to offer cheap Android handsets.
MUMBAI: Google’s mobile operating system Android has dominated China smartphone market growing its share by about 35 percent in 2011, according to technology research firm Analysys International.
The study revealed that android garnered 68.4 percent of the market share, a steep rise from 33.6 percent at the end of the first quarter of 2011.
The cementing of Android’s dominance in China came at the expense of Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia whose Symbian OS saw its market share dip to 18.7 percent last year.
Apple posted a modest growth in 2011, with the market share of its operating system rising from 4.1 percent in the first quarter to 5.7 percent at the end of the fourth quarter. The company maintains that China remains a key growth market for its handsets with 988 million mobile phone subscribers.
Android’s rise comes as smartphones become cheaper in China due to the sales initiatives of local mobile device makers ZTE Corp and Huawei Technologies, who sign contracts with Chinese telecoms companies to offer cheap Android handsets.
