Research shows that Android was running at a whopping 86.2% of all smartphones sold in the second quarter of 2016, bringing the system back breaks a record .

Record

A recent study by market research statista turned whopping 86.2% of all in the first half of 2016 sold smartphones on Android, Google’s mobile operating system. That’s a new high, which the previous record of 84.7% achieved in the third quarter of 2015 is broken. Apple’s iPhone have with 12.9% as expected to hand considerably. The tech giant need for the time being at least there does not have to worry that another mobile platform will take up his position. Windows Phone and BlackBerry are also forgetfulness been slipped by a miniscule market share

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Contrast

The contrast could hardly be greater with only seven years ago. In the second quarter of 2009, Symbian was still the leading mobile operating system with 51% of all smartphones sold. BlackBerry was then in second place with 19%, while Apple’s 13% and thus had to do the third. Android still had to prove himself: Google’s operating system was a guarantee for 2% of all smartphones sold. Windows Phone did a lot better by 9%. Apple is the only remaining large players, while all other brands quietly left the arena. In addition to Android, of course, the operating system that is currently the smartphone market dominates.



Explosion

There 296.91 million Android smartphones were shipped during the second quarter of 2016, compared with 44.4 million iPhone units. Windows Phone dive just under two million to 1.97 million units, while BlackBerry just the 400.000 knows tapping. The smartphone market has boomed since the third quarter of 2009. Then 20.88 million Symbian smartphones were shipped, and BlackBerry did 7.78 million copies to make the man. We are talking about the biggest players. Only shipped 760,000 smartphones were running at that time on Android.



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Transformation

With the launch of the Motorola DROID was ushered in a new era in November 2009. The model is often the catalyst for the rapid growth of Android seen. It was the first Android smartphone that was shipped with Android 2.0. For the DROID So were 760,000 Android smartphones shipped. Only two quarters later there were no less than 5:23 million. The rest is history. It shows how fast can transform the smartphone market overall. Who are the major players in ten years

Source: statista