Android surpasses Symbian OS smartphones to become India's top

Google's Android operating system made ​​by Symbian OS smartphone to become the major market of India, India said IDC Mobile Phone Tracker for Q3 CY2011 Report. The report also said that Android accounted for 42.4% of the smartphone market in the last quarter and grew 90% from the previous quarter.

IDC India Mobile Phone Tracker Report, which was released today, there were pieces of interesting information. This is the first time we heard from one of the market research firms that Android has gained a significant share of the country, however, you should be aware that significant numbers only for the smartphone market, not market total phones in India, such as smart phones have only 6.5% of the volume of shipments in Q3.

In total, India's mobile market grew 12% in terms of unit shipments in the fourth quarter to reach 47.7 million units. Nokia continues to lead the overall market for mobile phones and smartphones in the country, followed by Samsung in both. Samsung was able to increase shipments of smart phones by 5% during this time and hope to launch Galaxy S II in the same period was of great help in this.
Samsung held 26% of smart phone shipments, details of other manufacturers were not reported in the press release.