Smart phone will reach 1.4 Billion active iPhone Accounted for 300 Million

IDG (Lin Jingdong) Beijing time on February 7 news, according to foreign media reports, the latest research report, according to market research firm ABI Research said that by the end of this year, when, the global smartphone Active amount will reach 1.4 billion, of which
798 million Department will run the Android software, 294 million will run Apple's iOS software, and 45 million will be running Windows Phone software.

ABI Research expects the smartphone market in 2013, the annual growth rate will reach 44%, slightly lower than the growth rate of 45% in 2012. ABI also expected to the end of the year, the amount will reach 20 million active BlackBerry 10 phone.

Calculated in accordance with the data of ABI Research forecasts Android users worldwide market share will reach 57%, iOS market share will be 21%, Windows Phone's market share will be 3%. Although Android highest market share, but compared with the third quarter of 2012 has been a substantial decline in its global market share of nearly 70%.

Distribution of a variety of mobile operating systems in the global market share and there are important differences in the distribution of their share of the U.S. market. Thanks to the new subscriber growth and old iPhone continues to sell well, the share of Apple in the U.S. smartphone market in the fourth quarter in more than 50%.

ABI expects these behind the mobile operating system vendors will once again become important competitors of each other.

The ABI analyst the A slope McCain can (Aapo Markkanen) said: "Microsoft and Blackberry will be achieved relative success in 2013 to the end of 2013, we expect Windows Phone handsets will reach 45 million active BlackBerry 10 phone active nearly 20 million active Microsoft Windows Tablet PC will reach 550 million units. "

McCain can be expected in 2013, the Tablet PC market will continue to maintain ultra-high-speed growth, the growth rate will reach 125%. Tablet PC active until the end of the year amount to 268 million units, which iOS market share of 62%, Android's market share was 28%.