Data offered by analyst firm Gartner reveals that strong sales of the iPhone X, which managed to outscore both the iPhone 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus, pushed iOS closer to Android in terms of new device sales in the first quarter of the year.
iOS was installed on 14.1 percent of the smartphones shipped during the quarter, up from 13.7 percent in the same period a year before, while Android dropped from 86.1 percent to 85.9 percent.
While the difference is rather small, the boost recorded by iOS comes at a time when many considered the iPhone X to be a flop. Apple sold more than 54 million iPhones during the quarter.
Overall, Gartner says Q1 brought total phone sales of 455 million units, out of which 384 million were smartphones. Samsung, which continues to be the number one phone maker, dropped from 20.8 percent market share to 20.5 percent with 78.5 million sold d… (read more)
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