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Market share of mobile operating systems worldwide 2012-2021 Android maintained its position as the leading mobile operating system worldwide in June 2021, controlling the mobile OS market with a close to 73 percent share. Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS jointly possess over 99 percent of the global market share.
Why are androids more popular than iPhones?
To that end, Android is the obvious choice. Given the rampant poverty in so many countries around the globe, the existence of very cheap phones makes Android the obvious choice over iOS. Almost every age group prefers Android devices over iPhones. The Google Play Store has more apps than the Apple counterpart.
Why is Android so successful?
Android is popular because it supports large number of application. Since it was open source and very supportive towards developers, developers adopted it by open hand. It enables them to develop their apps on Android SDK. For users Android is easy to use and controllable.
Samsung held the largest slice of the global smartphone market by shipments during the third quarter of 2021, regaining ground Apple made with the launch of the iPhone 12 at the end of 2020.
Is iPhone or Android 2021 more popular?
Android is the most popular mobile OS in 2021. Android users vs iOS users are respectively 75\% and 25\% of all smartphone users. Almost half of all US citizens are iPhone users. In 2020, Apple is the most valuable publicly traded company in the world.
What’s better iPhone or Android?
Premium-priced Android phones are about as good as the iPhone, but cheaper Androids are more prone to problems. Of course, iPhones can have hardware issues, too, but they’re overall higher quality. Some may prefer the choice Android offers, but others appreciate Apple’s greater simplicity and higher quality.
Who started the Android operating system?
Andy Rubin
Rich MinerNick Sears
Android/Inventors