Android and Apple iOS combined accounts for the majority of the smartphone market.
Apple, returning the offensive, could roll out a smaller, cheaper "iPhone Mini" in 2014.
The trends, the report says, are unmistakable. Apple's iPhone is losing primary support, while the iPad surges and the Android remains among the most important platforms.
Micromax was best known so far as the handset vendor which forced Nokia and Samsung to review their strategies for the entry-level market in India.
The growth of Chinese manufacturers is shaking up the smartphone industry.
Three of the world's top five smartphone sellers were Chinese manufacturers in the April-June quarter, Strategic Analytics said, as China's low-cost offerings on the Android operating system whittled away Samsung's market share.
The Chinese PC manufacturer looks to ride its India success and tap the promising mobile devices market.
While Samsung and Apple remain the leaders, LG pushed HTC to the fourth spot becoming the world's No. 3 smartphone maker.
Handset manufacturers are drawing up big plans for large display phones. Bigger than smartphone and smaller than tablet - phablet is going to be the buzzword this year in mobile space.
They should keep themselves out of the race for the time being and wait for a better time, suggests a recent report by research firm Strategy Analytics. Foreign operators like AT&T, Deutsche Telecom, NTT Docomo and others who have been eyeing the domestic market for a long time now finally got a chance to enter world's fastest growing telecom market but looking at the current 3G auction policy, it is advisable for them not to participate in the race, it said.
Cellphone makers have reportedly shipped more than a billion handsets for the first time in 2006, which indicate a 20 per cent increase.
Samsung shipped 83.2 million smartphones worldwide and captured 24 per cent market share
iPhone sales in June quarter dropped 35% even as smartphone market grew 19%
Patil will help shape policies and practices to help the US remain a leader in technology and innovation.
The trip was more about understanding the Indian market, but was also about signaling to the world that Apple has arrived in India
Apple has said the watch will launch in April
It's earnings from mobile gadgets dropped 64%
Internal management tensions, stiff opposition from Chinese handset makers led to halving of the company's market share
The company is headed for its worst annual profit in three years, under siege as Chinese firms like Xiaomi and Lenovo reel in buyers with full-function touch-screen smartphones that are cheaper.
Apple still has a request pending for a sales ban against newer Samsung phones in that proceeding.
The aim is a vast improvement in quality that would lead to a surge in demand for low-end Android phones
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