Apple
for the first time has toppled Nokia to become the leading smartphone
in terms of worldwide internet usage on handsets, a report has said.
NEW DELHI: Apple for the first time has toppled Nokia to become the leading smartphone in terms of worldwide internet usage
on handsets, a report has said. Finnish handset maker Nokia, which
leads the mobile devices internet usage market with 37.7% share last
year, has been relegated to third place this year with Samsung emerging as the second largest mobile vendor in terms of internet usage. "In January 2013 Apple led globally for the first time in terms of Internet usage with 25.9% SHARE, ahead of Samsung
(22.7%) and Nokia (22.2%)," the report said. Last year Apple occupied
second spot with 28.7% share and Samsung was third with 14.8% market
share, the report said.
In India, Nokia holds the top slot even as its share has dropped to 52.1% in January this year, from 73% in January 2012. Samsung has shown improvement in Indian mobile devices Internet usage market and occupies second spot with 26.9% share in January 2013. The third spot is occupied by an 'unknown brand' with 13.2% share. agencies
Globally this unknown brand accounted for 11% market share and occupied fourth spot. The report called in unknown as like other known brands as it could not gather information about mobile vendor and browser used in the device. Globally, HTC occupied fifth position with 4% followed by Blackberry. Share of Blackberry globally declined from 8.3% in January 2012 to 3.5% in January 2013, the report said. StatCounter said it has excluded tablets but included all pocket-sized computing device for the research. The global stats data in the report is based on over 15 billion page views per month to the StatCounter network of more than three million websites, it said.
In India, Nokia holds the top slot even as its share has dropped to 52.1% in January this year, from 73% in January 2012. Samsung has shown improvement in Indian mobile devices Internet usage market and occupies second spot with 26.9% share in January 2013. The third spot is occupied by an 'unknown brand' with 13.2% share. agencies
Globally this unknown brand accounted for 11% market share and occupied fourth spot. The report called in unknown as like other known brands as it could not gather information about mobile vendor and browser used in the device. Globally, HTC occupied fifth position with 4% followed by Blackberry. Share of Blackberry globally declined from 8.3% in January 2012 to 3.5% in January 2013, the report said. StatCounter said it has excluded tablets but included all pocket-sized computing device for the research. The global stats data in the report is based on over 15 billion page views per month to the StatCounter network of more than three million websites, it said.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/gadgets-special/Apple-topples-Nokia-in-mobile-net-usage-market-Report/articleshow/18341714.cms
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