Android in the sky in 2013




Android has marked the year 2013 by its overwhelming market share

according to a report published by Strategy Analytics. But its annual growth is

the lowest since the birth of the mobile OS from Google.


The Google's mobile OS was installed on 79% of smartphones shipped in

2013, a total of 781.2 million units. This market share has increased 

by 10.1 percentage points in one year (from Android market was 

indeed 68.8% in 2012). Enough to satisfy even Google Android has 

seen its lowest annual growth rate since birth. Blame it on a saturated 

market which suggests that its growth slow even more in 2014.




For its part, Apple shipped more smartphones in 2013 (153.4 million) in 2012,

but its market share fell 3.9 percentage points in one year from 19.4% in 

2012 to 15.5% in 2013.


Continue our overview with Windows Phone continues its merry way with a 

market share stood at 3.6% in 2013, 0.9 percentage point more than in 2012.


It is however to be on behalf of entry-level devices.



However, BlackBerry and Symbian (and other OS) are endangered, their market

share has risen from 9.1% in 2012 to 2% in 2013.

Here its the Chart for the OS Growth : 



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