Samsung's army of Android mobile devices have finally overtaken Apple's iOS in terms of global mobile web usage, according to a survey carried out by web analytics firm StarCounter.
In June 2013, claims the survey, Samsung bounded ahead of both Apple and – surprisingly – Nokia, to account for 25.47 per cent of global mobile web browsing.
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Apple now possesses just 25.09 per cent, while Nokia has just under 22 per cent. Apple is still in the lead in the UK, however.
StatCounter's survey also claims that Google's Chrome browser overtook Internet Explorer in the US in June 2013, accounting for 34.02 per cent of usage compared with 23.84 per cent a year ago.
Internet Explorer has apparently declined from 40.89 per cent to 32.46 per cent in the same period, though was already overtaken by Chrome in terms of global use in May 2012.
Chrome's increased activity could be said to share its roots with Samsung's growing importance, as Samsung smartphones proliferate and Google's default Chrome browser drives their use on the web.
BlackBerry's unending struggle to stay afloat in the space is illustrated by the survey too, which places the company's UK web use from 27.83 in 2012 to 16.15 per cent as of June 2013.
Other UK stats see Apple continuing to grow from 43.04 to 47.97 per cent, but a leap for Samsung that reflects the US and world stats, seeing a leap from 12.69 to 20.45 per cent.
