According to a new report from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, Android controls 50.1% of the smartphone market in the U.K.,
up from a 44.6% reading a year ago. And of those Android phones in use
in the country, 86% of them are made by HTC or Samsung. That stat might
rise in the near term as the HTC One series is off to a strong start and
the eagerly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S III is close to launching in the U.K.
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LG has high hopes in the U.K. for its new high-end phone, the LG 4X HD
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report also shows that despite the launch of the stylish Sony Xperia S,
the Japanese manufacturer finds itself falling when it comes to
marketshare. Things are even worse for Korean manufacturer LG whose
phones account for less than 1% of Android marketshare
in the country. LG hopes to get things going in the U.K. with its
launch next month of the high-end LG Optimus 4X HD. The latter should launch in Europe next month
What about BlackBerry? In the U.K., BlackBerry still is seen as a viable player in the industry even without the anticipation of BlackBerry 10. RIM's smartphones still have a better than 10% slice of the U.K.smartphone market. Windows Phone is making a move in the U.K. as its share of the smartphone market in the region is now 3.3%, up from .8% last year. Symbian has seen its slice of the U.K.smartphone pie tumble to 1.6% from last year's 10.7% meaning that in the country, Nokia has bet on the right jockey.
What about BlackBerry? In the U.K., BlackBerry still is seen as a viable player in the industry even without the anticipation of BlackBerry 10. RIM's smartphones still have a better than 10% slice of the U.K.smartphone market. Windows Phone is making a move in the U.K. as its share of the smartphone market in the region is now 3.3%, up from .8% last year. Symbian has seen its slice of the U.K.smartphone pie tumble to 1.6% from last year's 10.7% meaning that in the country, Nokia has bet on the right jockey.
source: CNET
