Android Open Source Project (AOSP) smartphone shipments grew...

Android Open Source Project (AOSP) smartphone shipments grew 20 percent sequentially in Q2 compared with 3 percent total market growth worldwide for the period, said ABI Research in a news release Monday (http://bit.ly/1ocnDCN). AOSP phones were 20 percent of the smartphone market during the quarter, it said. OHA (Open Handset Alliance) Android smartphones continue to lead the market with 65 percent market share, but growth slowed to 13 percent in Q2, ABI said. The Android platform, combining AOSP and OHA, shipped 278 million smartphones in Q2, for an 85 percent market share, driven primarily by Chinese and Indian vendors, which had 51 percent share. “While many of these manufacturers are low cost, some are making inroads in the mid-tier, including Xiaomi and Gionee,” and that’s a “growing challenge to Samsung in particular,” said Nick Spencer, senior practice director, ABI Research. Third-place Microsoft had a “near-flat” quarter, with shipments slipping 1 percent for the period to 2 percent market share, Spencer said.