The statistic shows the global smartphone installed base from 2015 to 2017 broken down by operating system. The installed base of Android smartphones was 1.8 billion devices in September 2015 and rose to 2.7 billion by the end of 2017. As of the second quarter 2017 the Android OS accounted for about 88 percent of global smartphone shipments worldwide. As of September 2017, the most popular Android operating system was the Marshmallow (6.0), followed by the Lollipop 5.1.
Installed base of smartphones by operating system from 2015 to 2017
(in million units)
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Communities Dominate Brands (Tomi T. Ahonen). (February 27, 2018). Installed base of smartphones by operating system from 2015 to 2017 (in million units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/385001/smartphone-worldwide-installed-base-operating-systems/
Communities Dominate Brands (Tomi T. Ahonen). "Installed base of smartphones by operating system from 2015 to 2017 (in million units)." Chart. February 27, 2018. Statista. Accessed May 16, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/385001/smartphone-worldwide-installed-base-operating-systems/
Communities Dominate Brands (Tomi T. Ahonen). (2018). Installed base of smartphones by operating system from 2015 to 2017 (in million units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 16, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/385001/smartphone-worldwide-installed-base-operating-systems/
Communities Dominate Brands (Tomi T. Ahonen). "Installed Base of Smartphones by Operating System from 2015 to 2017 (in Million Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Feb 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/385001/smartphone-worldwide-installed-base-operating-systems/
Communities Dominate Brands (Tomi T. Ahonen), Installed base of smartphones by operating system from 2015 to 2017 (in million units) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/385001/smartphone-worldwide-installed-base-operating-systems/ (last visited May 16, 2022)
