This is according to research conducted by Gartner, which observed this is an increase of 85 per cent year-on-year.
"This share could have been even higher, but manufacturers announced a number of high-profile devices during the first quarter of 2011 that would not ship until the second quarter of 2011," commented Roberta Cozza, principal research analyst at Gartner.
"We believe some consumers delayed their purchases to wait for these models."
Furthermore, Gartner noted that the fledgling Windows Phone 7 platform only achieved modest sales that reached 1.6 million units in the first quarter of 2011.
Devices launched at the end of 2010 failed to grow in consumer preference as CSPs continued to focus on Android.
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