Google and Apple dominate the mobile phone market – FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Google and Apple dominate the mobile phone market – FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

 
          

 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 

     
 
             
     
                          Really struggling on the smartphone market only Google and Apple. Windows is far back.
             

 
 
 
     
 
     
     
                                                             

The dominant smartphone operating systems from Google Apple and its competitors have practically completely. Together came Android and iOS in the second quarter on a market share of 96.4 percent in smartphones, such as the market researcher IDC calculated. During the same period in 2013 it was 92.6 percent, four percentage points less.

             
                                                             

Windows Phone continues to lose ground and only has a market share of 2.5 percent (Q2 2013: 3.4%). After landing the Microsoft system now before BlackBerry third place, because the system of Canadians is only 1.5 percent market share (Q2 2013 : 2.8%)

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With Android were, according to IDC estimates, sold more than 255 million smartphones, many of them. Emerging or for less than $ 200 So Google’s system achieved a market share of 84.7 percent (Q2 2013: 79.3%).

             
         

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“Android has made a huge growth in the emerging markets,” said IDC analyst Ramon Llamas. Although Apple sold also more of his expensive iPhones – more than 35 million units, compared to just over 31 million last year. However, given the rapid growth in Android phones, the market share of iOS fell to 11.7 percent (Q2 2013: 13.0%).

             
                                                             

Unlike Apple Google builds very few of the Android devices themselves. Instead, manufacturers like Samsung , LG or Sony the Android software for their devices. This Google services such as Maps service or Web searches are usually tightly integrated.

             
 
   
 
 
 
 
           

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