Development of high technology at an incredible rate that affects the related markets. Five years ago it was difficult to imagine Samsung and Android in the role of the segment leaders , and sale of Mobile devices, Nokia bitter rival Microsoft nobody would have believed . Today, the industry established smartphones calm, which can be traced to a new report from IDC.
But if not burst after the storm ?
Known research firm IDC released data on shipments of smartphones with different operating systems in the fourth quarter of 2013th , as well as share platforms at the end of the year. According to them , the manufacturers Android-based phones for the specified time set retailers 226.1 million devices.
Thanks to this mobile OS share of smartphone from Google is 78.1% at the end of 2012 it amounted to 70.3 %. And the delivery of Android-smartphone for the 4th quarter of the year were modest - only 161.1 million units .
Apple though they are in second place, but shipped a fraction - 51 million units , ie by 6.7 % more than the same period of 2012. And their share for the year decreased significantly , before they can boast 20.9 % of the market in 2013 - only 17.6%.
On the background of growth in shipments of Windows Phone 46.7 % for the comparable periods just looks fantastic. Although the numbers is much more modest - 6,000,000 in 2012 and 8,800,000 in 2013. The share of the market rose by 0.4 % and amounted to 3%.
All of the above data , as well as the overall growth of smartphones shipments by 26.5 % (to 289.6 million units ) show that the market is growing . Unfortunately there is no one true competitor three leaders , that is the main battle will occur between them. Seriously passed iOS, if in the U.S. OS from Cupertino everything is good, growth globally decreased. Of course, Windows Phone to put on a par with Android while it is impossible , and therefore these places - a convention . However, the mobile operating system from Google at its dawn , many did not believe .
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