Three years after launching the iPhone juggernaut, Apple has managed to overtake Nokia for the first time to become the number one smartphone vendor in Australia.
According to data released today by analyst firm IDC's Q3 Mobile Device Tracker, Apple's iPhone now accounts for 36.5 percent of the smartphone market, eclipsing Nokia's dominance with a 30.5 percent share.
"Nokia's dominance was seemingly unstoppable. However, three years after launching, Apple has done what once seemed impossible." said IDC Australia telecommunications analyst Mark Novosel.
But Novosel went on to confirm that Google's Android platform is growing even faster than Appe's iOS with a 21 percent share, up from 7.1 per cent in Q2 and only 2.1 per cent in Q1.
"Next year it's going to be close between Android and Apple but I would be inclined to say that Apple will keep its lead, although we have been under pretty much every quarter with our Android forecast so anything really is possible at this stage," he said in a phone interview. Source - SMH
"Given the way that it is growing, this time next year Android could be number one. It really depends how next year will pan out."
Smartphone shipments in Australia have risen 67 percent year-after-year with data confirming that better than 60 percent of new mobiles sold are smartphones.
Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer could not have been further off the mark when he said;
"There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance." Ballmer asserted two months before iPhone launched in 2007.
Now Microsoft and everyone else are busy playing follow the leader. I'm convinced that the iPhone revolution in Australia is only in its infancy as Apple's smartphone continues its world domination.
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