iOS and Android in two occupied 95% of the global smartphone market in 2013

The smartphone market is becoming increasingly difficult for the search of new players. Combined share of iOS and Android reached 95 % , which suggests a duopoly , as well as the extremely low chances for competitors to somehow change the situation. 

These and other data on the global smartphone market yesterday published IDC.

Whatever Tim Cook shared development of computer and mobile platforms , the truth is that the position of Android is looking increasingly like on Windows. Mobile operating system from Google reached nearly 78.1 % market share in the last quarter . Closest pursuer - iOS. Do brainchild Apple 17,6%. The growth in the share of Android over the past year was 40.3 %, while iOS only 6.7 %. If we talk about the number of devices , the supply of Android-based smartphones reached 226.1 million in the fourth quarter , while the iPhone reached the mark of 51 million

Achieved some success and Windows Phone. At the Microsoft 3 % market share and 8.8 million raised in the fourth quarter devices. Growth for the year also seems to be good - 46.7% , but in the background of the two leaders is a drop in the sea. More surprising to see regular forecasts that Windows Phone will soon overtake iOS. Only 1.7 million smartphones shipped in the last quarter of Blackberry . 

This is just 0.6 % of the market and the annual decline of 77% .

Now on the results for the entire 2013 .

Just last year was 1.009 billion smartphones shipped , against 725.3 million in 2012 . Absolute leader - a mobile operating system from Google. Say for Android smartphones delivered 793.6 million and market share of 78.6 %. Apple second , shipped in 2013, 153.4 million smartphones. IOS market share of smartphones was 15.2 %. Third place for Windows Phone: 33,4 million smartphones and 3.3 % of the market . Android, iOS and Windows Phone in 2013 showed an increase of 58.7% , 12.9% and 90.9 %, respectively, compared with 2012 .

Blackberry is still afloat. Over the past year , Canadians put 19.2 million smartphones , while the market share of their operating system was 1.9 %. The result for the distress of decent, but lost for the year 40.9% of the smartphone market . Finally, only 1% of the market for mobile operating systems make smartphones running different from the above developments. Probably attains the age Symbian and a couple of other decent theory of mobile platforms . Based on them were shipped 10 million smartphones in 2013 .

The current year will be largely determines the fate Windows Phone. Joint 95 % Android and iOS - it is extremely worrying sign for Microsoft. If their mobile operating system will not be able to intervene in the fight between the two leaders in the near future , it will become clear prospects .

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