In all of these countries, Google's mobile OS has taken at least half of smartphone sales, with the lowest being in Italy at 49.6 percent and highest in Spain with 84.1 percent. The data is from sales recorded over the last 12 weeks ending on June 10.
"We are seeing much of the Android sales growth being driven by consumers trading up from feature phones to smartphones," ComTech's consumer insight director Dominic Sunnebo said in a statement. "Android handsets currently offer an easier platform to enable these consumers to upgrade, as many first time smartphone consumers state 'price of handset' and 'multimedia capabilities' as their main reason for choosing an Android device."
ComTech's data shows that people who want to spend under $80 on a mobile device tend to go with Android. As far as smartphones go, the Samsung Galaxy Ace and Y are selling well, according to ComTech.
"Smartphone consumers are much more loyal to their brand of handset and carrier than feature phone consumers, highlighting the importance of capturing feature phone owners when they are starting to look to change their handset," Sunnebo said.
Android's domination in the mobile world seems to be an ongoing trend. In May, ComTech showed similar results with strong market share gains for Google's mobile OS.
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