Android Beats iPhone In China With Over 50 Percent Market Share: Apple's Inability To Reach Mobile Agreement Hurts Sales

Android, Google's mobile OS, has much to gloat about with the Chinese market by becoming the most owned smartphone brand in China.

According to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech today, 51.4 percent of all smartphone users in China now carry Androids, with Samsung proving to be the fastest growing vendor.

"Samsung has recently launched the Galaxy S4, selling over 10 million units globally in less than one month," noted Kantar consumer insight director Craig Yu.

"We predict the launch of Galaxy S4 Mini in the not too distant future will greatly increase its product reach in urban China."

Nokia's Symbian came in second in China with a market share of 23 percent.

Surprisingly, Apple iOS came in third at 19.9 percent.

Apple has not seen success in the country due to contractual disagreements with telecommunication company China Mobile.

China Mobile, reportedly the world's largest mobile phone operator with over 703 million subscribers, has remained the fasted growing 3G subscriber base in China despite lacking the iPhone brand.

The miscalculation for Apple CEO Tim Cook has given China Mobile, and Android, the upper hand in the market, reported GBR.

With annualized iPhone volume growth dropping to under 7 percent in March, Cook will most likely have no choice but to concede to whatever terms China Mobile offers.

"Feature phones are losing their price advantage as Android smartphones are rapidly becoming more affordable and delivering better value," continued Yu.

"We expect to see accelerated smartphone adoption in China in the coming months."

And hopefully Apple's iPhone can keep up.