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Android Is Crushing Apple In Smartphone Shipments Worldwide

Android is dominating Apple in smartphone shipments on a global scale.

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More than 100 million of the 158 million smartphones shipped worldwide in the second quarter ran on Android, according to the latest data from Canalys, which means Android captured 68.1% of the market.

Apple, the next highest on the list, accounted for just 16.4% of smartphone shipments worldwide. The other operating systems weren't even close.

By comparison, the year before, Android accounted for 47.6% of global smartphone shipments and Apple accounted for 18.9%.

One big factor behind Android's growth is China. China's smartphone shipments increased by a huge 199% year-over-year and 81% of the smartphones that shipped in China last quarter were running Android.

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If Apple wants to start chipping away at Android's lead, it's going to have to start ramping up the availability of the iPhone in China.

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