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Gartner's figures for worldwide smartphone unit sales and market share in the first quarter of 2012, by operating system were released today, with Android and Apple dominating with nearly 80% of the worldwide market combined. Apple said Tuesday that it sold another 26 million iPhones during the April-June quarter, up 28 percent from a year ago.
Gartner's second-quarter report is not yet out.
Android (Google Inc.) _ 81.1 million units, 56.1 percent share (36.4 percent a year earlier)
iOS (Apple Inc.'s iPhone) _ 33.1 million units, 22.9 percent share (16.9 percent a year earlier)
Symbian (mostly used by Nokia Corp.) _ 12.5 million units, 8.6 percent share (27.7 percent a year earlier)
BlackBerry (Research in Motion Ltd.) _ 9.9 million units, 6.9 percent share (13.0 percent a year earlier)
Bada (Samsung Electronics Co.) _ 3.8 million units, 2.7 percent share (1.9 percent a year earlier)
Windows (Microsoft Corp.) _ 2.7 million units, 1.9 percent share (2.6 percent a year earlier)
Other _ 1.2 million units, 0.9 percent share (1.5 percent a year earlier)
Source: Gartner Inc.
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