Even with the good selection of Nexus devices, Google hasn't reduced Samsung's total dominance in the Android market share as the South Korean tech giant remains in control with over 60% of all accounted Android devices globally. Galaxy S3 and Galaxy S4 topped the 10 dominant Android smartphones in the world.

Samsung's Global Android Influence

Latest data from Localytics revealed Samsung's great influence in the Android OS platform market share, beating all other brand manufacturers including Google's Motorola. Around 63.3% of all known Android devices were manufactured by Samsung and marked all other rivals far behind.

HTC holds the second ranking position with 6.5% followed by LG Electronics at third place with 5.9%. Sony earns fourth place with 5.6%, while Motorola only has 5% shares in the world. The other 13.5% came from other brand manufacturers combined.

Google Android-based devices called Nexus are manufactured by other brands such as Asus, LG and Samsung instead of being produced by Motorola which adds more points to others. The latest LG Nexus 5 and upcoming Nexus 10 are expected to increase population of Nexus owners globally if Google will push selling in China and other parts of Asia.

Localytics New Data

The Samsung Galaxy S3 and Galaxy S4 flagship smartphones dominated the latest report from Localytics, placing them at the top 1 and 2 places, respectively. Both smartphones feature top-notch hardware, unique software apps and almost future-proof technologies.

Device Model

Smartphone Share

Samsung Galaxy S3

15.1%

Samsung Galaxy S4

7.4%

Samsung Galaxy S2

5.2%

Samsung Galaxy Note 2

4.8%

Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini

1.5%

Samsung Galaxy Note

1.4%

Samsung Galaxy Ace

1.3%

HTC One

1.3%

Motorola Droid RAZR

1.1%

Samsung Galaxy Y

1.1%

Based on the company's data, only two other Android brand makers reached the top 10 list and none of them are Nexus smartphones. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and the LG Nexus 5 aren't visible yet on the top 10 list from Localytics; however, the tide is expected to shift for 2014 market dominance.

For the Android tablet dominance, Samsung leads in the top 1 and 2 spots with Galaxy Tab 2 7 and Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, followed by the Nexus 7 first-generation at third place, Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7 in fourth place and Galaxy Note 10.1 in the fifth rank. The other five includes Kindle Fire, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Barnes and Noble Nook HD+, Galaxy Tab and Barnes and Noble Nook HD.

Localytics investigated the global device breakdown by manufacturer across more than 25 million unique Android devices from October to November 2013.