- #MOBILE PHONE OS MARKET SHARE 2014 UPDATE#
- #MOBILE PHONE OS MARKET SHARE 2014 WINDOWS 10#
- #MOBILE PHONE OS MARKET SHARE 2014 ANDROID#
IDC lists the remaining part of the mobile OS space under the name ‘Others’ that captured 0.4% of the market.
#MOBILE PHONE OS MARKET SHARE 2014 WINDOWS 10#
As for Windows Phone platform, the release of Windows 10 and new flagship phones in the form of Lumia 940 and Lumia 1030 may improve its position in the near future. During the same period, BlackBerry OS lost significant share as well, declining from 2.8% in Q2 2013 to just 0.3% in Q2 2015.īlackBerry’s method to drive new sales was mostly based on BlackBerry Classic, IDC reports. Windows Phone has lost market share over the last few years dropping from 3.4% in Q2 2013 to 2.6% in Q2 2015. Other contenders in the mobile OS spaceĪpart from the leading platforms, the IDC shipment report only lists Windows Phone and BlackBerry OS. iOS lost 2.3% market share compared to Q1 2015 and 5.8% compared to Q4 2014 when it hit a record 19.7% market share. IOS-based devices come second with 13.9% market share in Q2 2015. Android’s share has seen growth over the first quarter of 2015, however Google platform lost 2% QoQ.
#MOBILE PHONE OS MARKET SHARE 2014 ANDROID#
Android still in the leadĪndroid is a strong leader in the mobile OS space with 82.8% market share according to IDC’s report for Q2 2015. This means that feature phones still play an important role in some markets but this may be confined to countries where there is not strong 3G coverage, and where access to electricity can be an issue, making long battery life more important than ‘smart’ capabilities. Similar 2015 estimation for smartphones was 1.48 billion. But are feature phones still significant in terms of shipments?Īccording to estimates by CCS Insight, some 590 million basic phones (feature phones) were estimated to be shipped in the entire 2015. While comparing feature phones and smartphones used to be a common practice in many sales reports, today companies like IDC are less interested in basic phones.
#MOBILE PHONE OS MARKET SHARE 2014 UPDATE#
Of course these differences are caused not just by market trends but also because a typical tablet or PC’s lifespan is longer than that of the smartphone so there’s less need to update old devices with new models.ĭevice shipments in millions Feature phones still significant in some markets The overall number of smartphones sold in the quarter reached some 341.5 million units.ĭuring the same period customers bought 44.7 million tablets, 18.1 million wearables, and 68.4 million PCs. During Q2 2015, smartphone sales grew 13% year on year. We’ll also look at whether there area any emerging challengers to the top two platforms.Īccording to the latest IDC report, smartphones are the most popular electronic device category dominating the device market ahead of tablets, wearables, and PCs in terms of sale volumes. For the past few years Android and iOS have been the only contenders for the title of ‘world’s most used mobile OS.’ In this article we share the latest statistics on mobile OS market share for Q2 2015 to show which of these two OSes is the most popular, and where.
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