Google’s Android smartphone has covered market in early 2012 , through it’s new models from handset makers like Samsung and HTC  and is giving a lot of pressure on it’s rivals like Research In Motion and Nokia.
Android gaining share became strongest in most of seven major markets – Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United States.

According to statistics:  In Spain and Italy, its market share more than doubled year-on-year to 72 percent and 49 percent respectively, while it almost doubled to 62 percent in Germany.

Nokia decided to swap Symbian platform for windows due to which Microsoft’s Windows phone based Lumia handsets began to some signs of growth.