The issue focused attention not only on Microsoft but also Apple's iPod Touch and Nokia's Symbian smartphones. Perhaps surprisingly, neither Android nor iOS phones performed particularly well in terms of adoption – indeed both platforms suffered spectacular declines over the period covered by our monthly surveys. Samsung managed to retain nearly 80% of smartphone shipments between January and December 2012 – although Apple dropped nearly 80%. Phone shipments declined even further between December 2010 and December 2011 – falling 13.8%. Phone shipments declined 11.8% between December 2009 and December