This is apparent from data of Open Signal. Last year there were counted 18,796 different Android devices, in 2013 there were 11,969 and 3,997 the year before.
Samsung is by far the largest manufacturer of Android phones, with 37.8 percent of the devices that were noted by Open Signal. Although Samsung this is the biggest, it was not the greatest share of the company in these statistics. In 2012, Samsung was as Open Signal accounted for 43 percent of the market.
The other manufacturers are far below Samsung. Sony is number two, with 4.8 percent. Followed by LG, Motorola and HTC.
Problem
The fragmentation of Android is a problem because optimizing an application is thereby difficult. must Developers take into account more and more different devices, all other buttons, dimensions and sensors.
Apple has less problems there, because there are only a small number of different iPhones.
Old versions
Not only the fragmentation of Android devices is a problem. The number of old Android versions that are used provide problems for developers. According to Google’s own data is running less than 20 percent of Android users the latest version of the operating system (Lollipop).
The majority of users (39.3 percent) still uses an older version, such as version 4.4 Kitkat or Jellybean (4.1, 4.2 and 4.3). In comparison, 85 percent of iOS users running a version of iOS 8 Apple Reports
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