Archive for February 2014
According to analysts Canalys and ABI Research smartphone shipments reached just under one billion in 2013. This is double the number of shipments in 2011.
Smart phones now account for 55% of total phones shipped.
Android increased its dominance of smartphone operating systems with 785 million ( just under 79%) of smartphones using the Google OS. 154 million iOS phones where shipped in 2013 taking Apple’s smartphone share down from 20% in 2012 to just over 15% in 2013. Windows phone shipments nearly doubled YoY in 2013 to 32 million (3%) driven by Nokia’s efforts. Blackberry 10 OS phone shipments dropped 42% to just under 20 million in 2013.