IDC Analysts released another forecast for the development of the smartphone market. The new IDC forecast gives hope for an average annual growth of the smartphone market in 2018 to 12.3% in the year. In 2014, the smart phone market as compared to the year 2013 to grow by 23.1% - to 1.2 billion units per year. In the future, as we see, the dynamics of decline, although by 2018 the smartphone market in terms of units sold doubled.
In the development of the smartphone market by 2018 will make a significant contribution to countries such as India, Indonesia and Russia. China in 2018 will claim a third of all produced in the world smartphones. The key points for the growth of solutions will be available at a price and meet the expectations of customers. According to IDC, the average selling price of smartphones in 2014 will be $ 314, a decrease of 6.3% from $ 335 in 2013. By 2018, the average selling price would drop to $ 267, but it will not mean that the consumer will have to sacrifice their capability. For less money will be offered very decent phones.
Now, regarding the distribution of market shares between mobile operating systems. Google Android operating system will remain leader until 2018. In 2014, Android's share will reach 80.2%. In subsequent years, it will weaken slightly, losing pressurized Windows Phone. Average sales price of smartphones running Android in the first quarter of 2014 was $ 254. In 2018 the average sales price of such devices will drop to $ 215. This year, the growth of Android devices will outpace market rates and the smartphone market was 25.6% for the year, or 1 billion devices.
Operating System Apple's iOS will continue to take the position, according to IDC. This will happen even though the fact that this year Apple may introduce a smartphone with a larger screen. As a result, in 2014 the share of iOS devices will grow from 184.1 million units to 247.4 million, and in 2018, which will mean a reduction in the share iOS with 14.8% in 2014 to 13.7% in 2018 year.
Operating system Windows Phone, on the contrary, strengthens its position. In 2014 compared with 2013 year supply growth of smartphones running Windows Phone will be 29.5% or 43.3 million units. In 2015, may be sold 65.9 million units Microsoft and up to 115 million in 2018. BlackBerry company is not regarded as a growing. In 2014, it will reduce sales by 49.6% to 9.7 million smartphones in the year. By 2018, annual sales of BlackBerry devices will reduce to 4.6 million units. Related Products :
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