As many as eight out of ten smartphones in circulation in the world currently use the Android operating system. That data revealed by research firm Strategy Analytics in its latest report for the second quarter of this year.
Google's mobile OS now accounts for 79.5 percent market share in the second quarter of 2013, which took place from April to June. The figure was up from 69.5 percent in the same quarter last year.
Executive director Neil Mawston said there are a number of things that become increasingly merajanya key behind Android. "Licence fees are competitive, many hardware partners, and major application stores continue to be the main impetus for the success of Android," said Mawston, as quoted by The Inquirer.
"The growth of Android is supported by the high number of requests over smartphone models from all categories of prices in the markets of developed and developing countries, including the United States, China, and Brazil," said Mawston, as cited by IBTimes.
Because of the dominance of Android, Apple's global smartphone market share shrank to 13.6 hideaway, from 16.6 percent in the second quarter of 2012.
Windows Phone up
Beyond Android and Apple (iOS), the market share of Windows Phone operating system Microsoft also crafted a small rise to 3.9 percent, from 3.6 percent in the same quarter a year earlier. This is the highest number that Windows Phone is achieved throughout its history.
Strategy Analytics analyst Linda Sui said that Microsoft is slowly forging ahead in the smartphone market thanks to strong support from Nokia. But Windows Phone 8 platform's flagship company says should improve in two areas that could really take off.
"First, the cost of licensing Windows Phone 8 to be competitive with Android in the lower price segment. Secondly, Microsoft should speed up its support for advanced hardware such as the 8-core processor for Windows Phone 8 continues to lag behind Premium Android in the smartphone segment," Sui said.
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