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Strategy Analytics: 1.3 Billion smartphones shipped in 2014

Analyst firm Strategy Analytics has released its report on the smartphone industry for the year 2014. According to the analyst firm, the smartphone industry grew by a healthy 30%, with more and more people moving on from featurephones to smartphones. There were about 1.3 billion smartphones shipped in total, across platforms.

The report revealed a staggering (and yet not really) statistic – out of the 1.3 billion smartphones, a billion of those were running Android. It sounds a big number when read that way, but last year, there were nearly 781 million Android phones shipped last year out of a total 990 million smartphones. Figures below are in million units.

Global smartphone shipments 2013 2014 % change Year-on-year
Android 780.8 1042.7 33.54
iOS 153.4 192.7 25.62
Windows 35.8 38.8 8.38
Others 20 9.3 -53.5
Total 990 1283.5 29.65

Windows Phone continues to lag behind. While the market grew by nearly 30%, Microsoft’s 3 year old effort  Strategy Analytics has another neat table to share. Figures below are in %.

Global smartphone marketshare 2013 2014 % gain Year-on-year
Android 78.9 81.2 2.3
iOS 15.5 15.0 -0.5
Windows 3.6 3.0 -0.6
Others 2.0 0.7 -1.3
Total 100 100

Android has gained at the expense of every other OS. While that alone may not be truly important, considering the amount of profits Apple alone mops up from the entire smartphone industry, it’s worth noting.

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Amarendra

Co-Founder of GadgetDetail, gadget lover, addicted to American TV shows, fan of Ferrari and Federer, Bengalurian, FOOD LOVER, multiplex hater.

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