Best Phone Arena - SA: 1 billion Android devices shipped in 2014 alone,
This quarter Apple reached a vital milestone – it sold its billionth iOS device (that's since the primary one). Meanwhile, one billion Androids shipped over the last year alone, as reportable by Strategy Analytics.
The analyst firm estimates one.3 billion smartphones were shipped in 2014, of that over one billion ran humanoid (this works bent eighty one market share).
Global Smartphone OS Shipments (Millions of Units)
Q4 '13
2013
Q4 '14
2014
Android
227.3
780.8
291.7
1042.7
Apple iOS
51.0
153.4
74.5
192.7
Microsoft
9.6
35.8
11.3
38.8
Others
2.3
20.0
2.6
9.3
Total
290.2
990.0
380.1
1283.5
Smartphone shipments grew half-hour compared to 2013 (from oneB to 1.3B). Androids alone went from zero.8B to 1B therein amount, whereas iOS lost some ground in terms of market share. It still shipped around 193 million devices, up from 153 million units in 2013.
The third horse within the race, Windows Phone, unbroken pace with the expansion of the market and stayed at third share (shipping slightly below thirty-nine million units).
Strategy Analytics didn't unleash a breakdown by manufacturer, however we all know from quarterly reports that Apple is rolling within the dough with record sales. Earlier the analysts reportable that Samsung and iOS sales for this fall 2014 were even in terms of devices sold .
Despite this, Samsung has been seen its earnings slip, however alternative corporations are bouncing back.
Global Smartphone OS Marketshare (%)
Q4 '13
2013
Q4 '14
2014
Android
78.3%
78.9%
76.7%
81.2%
Apple iOS
17.6%
15.5%
19.6%
15.0%
Microsoft
3.3%
3.6%
3.0%
3.0%
Others
0.8%
2.0%
0.7%
0.7%
Total
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Total Growth: Year-over-Year (%)
33.7%
41.4%
31.0%
29.6%
BlackBerry didn't create it into the report, it falls into the Others class, that includes a total share of zero.7% (down from two in 2013).
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