THE LEADER: The Google Android system extended its gains over Apple's iPhone globally in the last quarter of 2013. - AFPRelaxnews 2014
The IDC survey found Android had a 78.1% share of global smartphone shipments in the fourth quarter, bolstered by a 40% jump in the number of handsets delivered.
Apple got only a modest boost in the fourth quarter from the release of its new iPhones, with sales up 6.7% compared with a year earlier. That means its market share slipped to 17.6% from 20.9%, according to IDC.
