IDC’s Q3 report: Android at 81%, WP grows by 156% YoY, iOS loses market share. Phablets make 21% of shipments.

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First we have heard reports from Strategy Analytics and Canalys about Q3 performance of smartphone vendors and plaforms. Now, IDC chimes in with its report and it carries the similar theme as of other two reports.

IDC report also puts Android at 81%, shows Apple losing market share  and Windows Phone growing stronger with 156% YoY growth. Though, it gives Windows Phone only 3.6% market share while both SA and Canalys give it 4% market share. Blackberry has been the real loser in smartphone arena.

One more common theme identified between Canalys and IDC’s report is rise of Phablets or smartphone with screen size of more than 5′. Canalys puts Phablets’ % to 22 while IDC at 21 of overall smartphone shipments.

Android pushed past 80% market share for the first time in 3Q13, a testament to its broad and deep list of vendors, including four of the top five vendors worldwide. While Android, as a whole, moved forward, the vast majority of its vendors still struggle to find meaningful market share. Samsung accounted for 39.9% of all Android shipments for the quarter, while the rest of the vendors either saw single-digit market share or, in the case of the majority of vendors, market share of less than 1%.

iOS, despite seeing its total volumes increase and reaching new record third quarter volumes, saw its market share decline during 3Q13, most likely due to soft demand in the weeks leading up to the launch of iOS 7 smartphones. Still, if the 9 million units sold during the last week of September is any indication of future adoption, iOS stands to reap another record quarter in terms of volumes, market share, and year-over-year growth.

Windows Phone posted the largest year-over-year growth worldwide of any of the leading operating systems, a result primarily driven by the support of Nokia. By itself, Nokia accounted for 93.2% of all the Windows Phone-powered smartphones shipped during the quarter, marking a new milestone in the company’s short history on the Microsoft platform. Participation from other vendors, meanwhile, still seemed a mixed bag with more vendors participating from a year ago, but volumes still far behind Nokia’s own.

BlackBerry recorded the largest year-over-year decline among the leading operating systems during 3Q13. Underpinning its results was softer demand for its new BB10 operating system and continued demand for its older BB7 within emerging markets. Now with a new CEO in place and an infusion of $1 billion, what remains to be seen is how and when the beleaguered operating system will be able to change course in the face of mounting pressure from Android, iOS, and Windows Phone.

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Source: IDC