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Android

drink 81% of the smartphone market in the world, according to the latest IDC report third quarter. A clear monopoly means that almost all smartphones sold in the world use Google’s operating system. Behind the little droid, Apple gets a second place with 12.9% market share, followed by Windows Phone, with 3.6%, and Blackberry, which loses almost gets visibility and 1.7% in the distribution of the cake. (See chart)

But despite the predominance of Android, Windows Phone operating system has been the fastest growing in the last year, namely 156%. Without doubt, the unconditional support of Nokia and its main signs of recovery have been helpful to get these figures.

Apple, meanwhile, lost market share but increases in sales. The apple company has sold more than 33 million iPhones to September, 25% more than the same quarter last year, but has lost nearly 2 percentage points in market sharing.

But if someone is going to be hungry to see the minimum corresponding portion is BlackBerry. The Canadian company demonstrates once again his poor health after suffering a fall in sales of over 40%.

Is Android worrying domain?
Virtually all manufacturers choose Android smartphone operating system. They save Nokia, Apple and BlackBerry and some other device that begins to demonstrate that it is possible to use other platforms. In fact, 39% of Android phones is Samsung, while other manufacturers have a rate of around 1% or less. But the dominance of Samsung Android as key company could come to an end in the not too distant future and therefore the market share of Google operating system could start to decrease.

Since Google bought Motorola, manufacturers have shown some concern about the possibility that the search giant give certain benefits to its manufacturer. With this fear as a backdrop, Samsung began to consider the possibility to opt out of Android and bet on a proprietary operating system. The Korean company could connect their new smartphones, tablets and appliances to Tizen, a platform that looks set to hit the market.

Samsung

eventually incorporated most of its devices Tizen, Android would lose his main manufacturer, so that his empire would vary considerably.

Meanwhile, others such as Firefox looking to break into the market with the support of major operators such as Telefonica, but so far without making too much noise. It also seems that some former employees from Nokia and their new company, Jolla, want to enter the Android market fight. Just next week, will be selling its first phone that includes your operating system Sailfish, MeeGoo heir (who started to create Intel and Nokia), which uses the open source software on Linux and is compatible with ‘apps’ Android.

The fact that Android continues to advance its monopoly inevitably recalls the domain that managed Windows PC operating system over the past decade. Will it grow or fall at any time?