This year, the share of smart phones with the Android operating system on board will reach 85%.
According to IDC, this year will be sold more than 1.228 billion Android-smartphone, which is 5.2% more compared to the previous year. This will allow Google's mobile operating system to take 85% of the global smartphone market. 14.3% of the market will get the iOS operating system. This year's iPhone disperse circulation 206.1 million units. The share of smartphones based on Windows Phone will have only 0.4% of the market, which is 79.1% less than a year ago. The remaining 0.3% of
the market will take smartphones on other operating systems, including Tizen OS. IDC predicts that in total this year, smartphone shipments will grow by 0.6% to 1.445 billion units, of which more than 1 billion will fall to the share of smartphones with support for 4G.
"It's no secret that the Android operating system has been and remains the most popular platform for smartphones Its share will increase, including due to the growth of 4G-smartphone sales in developing countries." - Said IDC in report .
Analysts say that in 2016, despite the high demand for the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus , will be the first year of decline Apple smartphone shipments. However, this is not the end of the world for Apple.
Analysts also made its forecast for 2020. They expect that in 2020 smart phone sales reached 1.710 billion units, showing a 4.8 percent increase year on year. At the same time 85.6% of them will be running Android. 14.2% of the market share will fall to the iPhone. Windows Phone and other mobile operating system will get only 0.2% and their supply will fall significantly compared to the 2016 year. Related Products :
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