For whatever reason, the global business smartphone market all of a sudden boomed during the final quarter of 2015, according to a new report release this morning by Strategy Analytics. Per their findings, shipments reached 116.8 million units, which represented a 24.3 percent increase over the previous quarter, and a 12.7 percent increase over Q3 2014.
Platform-wise, Android was the dominant OS worldwide, accounting for nearly two-thirds of all business smartphone shipments during Q4 2015. Apple's iOS had a 37.9 percent share of all shipments, while Microsoft and Blackberry accounted for just 2.4 percent and 0.5 percent of all shipments, respectively. Strategy Analytics said Personal Liable smartphones are still the dominant type of business smartphone with over two-thirds of shipments falling into this category, compared to 34 percent of shipments being corporate liable.
According to the Strategy Analytics Mobile Workforce Strategies report, "Global Business Smartphone Quarterly Tracking Q4 2015," bring-your-own-device remains a fast-growing trend in the corporate world, but "corporate liable purchasing continues to increase as companies still want full control over mobile access to corporate networks for many of their users," Gina Luk, Senior Analyst of Mobile Workforce Strategies and author of the report, said in a statement.
Andrew Brown, executive director of enterprise research at Strategy Analytics, added, "In terms of OS performance, iOS took significant corporate-liable market share from Android, and emerged as the top choice for businesses in terms of corporate-liable devices. Apple's vision for the enterprise has really taken shape over the past year, and we believe the standardized OS approach across iPhone and iPad as well as the partnership with IBM, have played a significant role in boosting that."
For more on this report, visit the Strategy Analytics website.
Source: Strategy Analytics: Business Smartphone Shipments Hit Nearly 117 Million in Q4 2015
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