Analysts from Kantar writes that the results of the last three-month period (ending in November), the share of iOS has increased in many markets, including the US and China. Android, by contrast, is losing ground.
For example, the U.S. share of iOS rose from 30.9 percent in August to 43.5%, while Android’s share, by contrast, fell from 65.2% to 55.3%. The most popular among smartphones in the U.S. use iPhone 7, 7 Plus and 6S — 31.3% of all sales of these gadgets have on them. Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge occupied 28.9% of the market. The rest of the smartphones the numbers are much more modest Pixel Google took only 1.3% of the market, smartphones on Windows Phone has fallen to 0.8%.
In China, iOS is also “grows” from 13.5% to 19.9%. Android “falling” — from 85,9% to 79.9%. In five major EU countries (UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain) Android holds 72.4% of the market, iOS is 24.6%.
However, during the whole year the other figures. In the US, Android has reduced its presence by 5.1%, while iOS increased by 6.4%, in China, by contrast, the Android “up” 7.2%, and iOS “collapsed” by 6.4%.