Google’s Android mobile platform now controls 79.3 percent of the global market, according to the latest survey.
This equates to a ten percent increase over the second quarter of 2012, BusinessWire reported, citing figures from the International Data Corporation (IDC). Android shipments also saw a big jump, going from 108 million shipments in Q2 2012 to 187 million in Q2 2013.
Apple’s share of the global market dropped more than three percent during the same period, IDC figures showed, from 16.6 percent in Q2 2012 to 13.3 percent in Q2 2013.
Despite the dropping marketshare, Apple managed to ship 31 million units in Q2 2013, compared to 26 million in Q2 last year.
Third-placed platform Windows Phone has seen a very modest marketshare increase, reaching 3.7 percent from 3.1 percent a year ago. Microsoft’s platform saw a big jump in shipments however, going from 4.9 million to 8.7 million units.