Android: global smartphone OS market share 2011-2018, by quarter

The statistic shows the market share of the Android operating system of smartphone sales worldwide from 2011 to 2018. In the fourth quarter of 2018, Android's market share was 84.2 percent. Android OS - additional information In 2003, when the smartphone market was still in its early development stages, Android. Inc. was founded in Palo Alto, California, with the initial intention of creating an operating system for digital cameras. Two years later, the company was acquired by Google, confirming rumors of the tech giant’s plans to enter the mobile phone market. The first Android operating system was introduced in 2007, with the goal to compete with the then-leading smartphone operating system Symbian. Android accomplished this goal by 2011, when it became the leader of the global smartphone OS market, with about 47 percent of the share, while Symbian fell to third place and was pushed out of the market by 2013. As Symbian faded out of the market, Apple became Android’s main competitor on the mobile operating system market. However, Android has been the main player in the market since 2012, and is forecast to maintain this leadership in the coming years. In the first quarter of 2016, about 84 percent of smartphones sold to end users used Android as its operating system. Android is expected to maintain its smartphone market share of about 85 percent up to 2020, while Apple’s iOS is projected to account for 15 percent. One of the main reasons for Android’s popularity is its strong collaboration with smartphone manufacturers, such as Sony, Samsung and HTC, while the iOS is limited to operating on Apple devices. Upon its success in the smartphone market, Android has expanded its operating system to tablets. Android had a slow start in this market, mainly due to the lack of quality applications for Android tablets. However, Android managed to overcome this issue and establish itself as the leading tablet operating system in 2012. Android is now the most used operating system for tablets worldwide, with a 67 percent share of the global market in 2015.

本统计数据显示了2011年至2018年全球智能手机销售市场中Android操作系统的市场份额。2018年第四季度，Android的市场份额达到了84.2%。关于Android操作系统——附加信息：2003年，当智能手机市场仍处于初级发展阶段时，Android公司成立于加利福尼亚州帕洛阿托，最初旨在为数码相机开发操作系统。两年后，该公司被谷歌收购，证实了科技巨头进军移动电话市场的传言。首个Android操作系统于2007年推出，旨在与当时领先的智能手机操作系统Symbian竞争。Android通过2011年实现了这一目标，成为全球智能手机操作系统市场的领导者，市场份额约为47%，而Symbian则跌至第三位，并于2013年被逐出市场。随着Symbian的退出市场，苹果成为Android在移动操作系统市场上的主要竞争对手。然而，自2012年以来，Android一直是市场上的主要参与者，并预计在未来几年内将保持这一领导地位。2016年第一季度，约有84%的销售给最终用户的智能手机采用了Android作为其操作系统。预计Android将保持其约85%的智能手机市场份额，直至2020年，而苹果的iOS预计将占15%。Android受欢迎的主要原因之一是其与智能手机制造商如索尼、三星和HTC的紧密合作，而iOS则仅限于在苹果设备上运行。在智能手机市场取得成功之后，Android将其操作系统扩展到了平板电脑市场。由于缺乏适用于Android平板电脑的高质量应用程序，Android在该市场的起步较为缓慢。然而，Android成功克服了这一难题，并于2012年确立了其在平板电脑操作系统市场的领导地位。如今，Android是全球最广泛使用的平板电脑操作系统，2015年全球市场份额达到67%。