Delivery of Android-smartphones for the first time decreased
According to research firm ABI Research , in the fourth quarter of last year, 206 million Android smartphones were released, and in the third quarter, that figure was 217 million. For the first time in history, shipments of Android smartphones have declined.
The decline in the supply of smartphones on Android is taking place against the backdrop of an increase in shipments of gadgets on iOS and Windows Phone operating systems.
In the public sector wins smartphones running the Android Open Source Project. IPhone shipments in the fourth quarter, in the pre-New Year period, increased by 90% compared with the third quarter and amounted to 74.5 million units. Shipments of devices on Windows Phone grew by 19% - up to 10.7 million. ')
The total number of shipped gadgets compared with the third quarter of last year increased by 7% and amounted to 378 million units.