The worldwide mobile operating system (OS) market will be dominated by Symbian and Android, as the two OSs will account for 59.8 percent of mobile OS sales by 2014, according to Gartner, Inc.
Forecast: Mobile Communications Device Open OS Sales to End Users by OS (Thousands of Units)
OS 2009 2010 2011 2014 Symbian 80,876 107,662 141,279 264,352 Market Share (%) 46.9 40.1 34.2 30.2 Android 6,798.4 47,462 91,938 259,306 Market Share (%) 3.9 17.7 22.2 29.6 Research In Motion 34,346.8 46,923 62,198 102,580 Market Share (%) 19.9 17.5 15.0 11.7 iOS 24,889.8 41,462 70,740 130,393 Market Share (%) 14.4 15.4 17.1 14.9 Windows Phone 15,031.1 12,687 21,309 34,490 Market Share (%) 8.7 4.7 5.2 3.9 Other OS 10,431.9 12,588 26,017 84,453 Market Share (%) 6.1 4.7 6.3 9.6 Total Market 172,374.3 268,784 413,481 875,574Source: Gartner (August 2010)
IDC had a similar forecast of market share in 2014
Worldwide Converged Mobile Device Operating System Market Shares and 2010-2014 Growth
Operating System 2010 Market Share 2014 Market Share 2014/2010
Change
Symbian 40.1% 32.9% -18.0%
BlackBerry OS 17.9% 17.3% -3.5%
Android 16.3% 24.6% 51.2%
iOS 14.7% 10.9% -25.8%
Windows Mobile 6.8% 9.8% 43.3%
Others 4.2% 4.5% 8.3%
Total 100.0% 100.0%
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