The Android operating system has a record market share of smartphones Forbes.pl

In the quarter ended in September, share operating system Android in the global smartphone market amounted to 87.5 percent. – the report by research company Strategy Analytics. This means that this system is installed in almost 9 out of 10 smartphones in the world.

In the last quarter shipments of Android devices accounted 328,6 million by 10.3 percent. more than in the same quarter a year ago. At the same time, Apple sent 45.5 million iPhones with iOS system – on 5.5 percent. less than a year earlier.

Participation in the market created by Apple’s iOS fell last quarter to 12.1%. with 13.6 per cent. In the case of other systems, manufactured by BlackBerry, Microsoft and Samsung, the share was just 0.3 percent.

For the success of Android has contributed, in particular, the sale running on the mobile devices of lower price shelves in countries such as China.