HORRIBLE! Android Smartphone Is Really Horrible!

Android Smartphones

Malignancy Of Smartphone

Rapid development ofmobile OS like Androidand iOS making smartphonesales waves become more larger. In fact, the invasion of the global smartphone products look more wildand smartphone sales keep grind the feature phone market.

Talking about the mobile device market, is arguably that thesector is experiencing a significant increase. But there is something interesting to note that the invasionof smartphones looks increasingly intense along with very tight vendors competition and mobileoperating system. So true, if a smartphone can shift the position of the feature phone in the mobile device market that the mostwidely purchased in a couple yearsago, and nowconditions have changed. Smartphone sales surpassed feature phonein a short time relatively.

According to studies conducted by the research institute of Gartner, smartphone sales well above the feature phone. Gartnernoted if sales of435 million unitsof mobile phones globallyin the second quarterthis year, about 51.8% is the smartphone category. As for feature phone salesglobally only about 210 million units.

From this research, successfulsmartphone sales increased by 46.5%. while feature phones has decreased by 21%. Gartner also notedif Latin America, Asia Pacific andEastern Europe is the region with the highest smartphonegrowth rate, 55.7%, 74.1% and 31.6%.

Earlier, in the first quarter of 2013, IDC also released the entire mobile phone industry reached 418.6million units, an increase of 4% over the same quarter in 2012. IDC alsoconfirms that smartphonessurpassed feature phone with the amount of 216.2million units orapproximately 51.6% of the total mobile phone market.

By the position, Samsungdominates smartphone market sales. According to Gartner, smartphone manufacturers from SouthKorea is more superior than Apple with a market share in the second quarter 2013increased to 31.7% from the same quarter in 2012 which only reached29.7%. While Applemanaged to dominate a market share of 14.2%.

In the first quarter 2013 IDCalso noted if Samsungdominate sales with a market share of approximately32.7%. While Appleholds share of 17.3%.

Meanwhile, in the second quarter of 2013, IDC released data on smartphone sales reached237.9 million units, growing 52.3% compared to the same period in 2012 to reach 156.2 millionunits. In this quarter, Samsung dominate the market with 30.4% market shareor sales of 72.4million units. AndApple took second place with a market share of 13.1% or 31.2 million units.

Under the both vendor, LG ranksthird with a market share of 5.1% or 12.1 million units of smartphones. For the fourth position is occupied by Lenovoand ZTE, each sellingsmartphones at 11.3 million units and 10.1million units.

Strategy Analytics alsorevealed the same sequence. Samsung is in the top position, superior in comparison to other vendors. And one factor that led to the best-sellingSamsung due toSamsung Galaxy S4demand in Chinaand around the world.

But, analysis from Strategy Analytics reveal if LG become the most shining vendorin the second quarter of 2013 as shipments of smartphones increased two-fold. Slightly different from the IDC, the fifthposition is occupied by Huawei which recorded shipments of 11.1million units of smartphones.

Horrible Android Record

For sector operating system or OS, the Android platform is the golden boy of Google increasingly dominates the smartphone market. Since Android taking over Symbian, Android continues to rapidly sped without stopping and getting aggressively expanding colony. Android became one of the largest providers of global smartphone sales. While the main competitors, that is iOS, has decreased. And that makes Android more superior is in the second quarter of 2013, Android achieved a new record.

Almost 80% worldwide market share dominated by Android. According to data from Strategy Analytics which was released in early August 2013, Android accounted for as much as 8 units of the 10 units of smartphones that is distributed globally. Of 229.6 millionsmartphone units, approximately 79.5% controlledby Android orapproximately 182.6 million units of smartphones.

Meanwhile, iOS in second place with a market share of 13.6% or 31.2million units. For the third smartphone platform, Windows Phone that is occupied by successfully sent about 8.9 million smartphoneunits or 3.6%. in the last threeyears, sales of Windows Phone could be at the highest level because of strong support from Nokia.

The same was noted by Gartner. In thesecond quarter of 2013, Android becameA king of all vendors in saleswith a market share of 79%. While iOS is in second place with a market share of 14.2%, followed by Blackberry with 2.7% and 0.4% withBada. And thisis proof that Androidis really horrible for the other competitors. If Android has nowbecome a KING, thenwhat looks like acompetition at the end of the year? Is Androidstill be a king, or turned into a pawn? We'll see.