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** Install base of smartphone operating systems end of 2013: Android with 1089 million units (66%), iOS with 336 million (21%), Symbian with 81 million (5%) out of an estimated total of 1644 million smartphones. | ** Install base of smartphone operating systems end of 2013: Android with 1089 million units (66%), iOS with 336 million (21%), Symbian with 81 million (5%) out of an estimated total of 1644 million smartphones. | ||
** Sales of smartphones by operating system in 2013: Android with 767 million (78%), iOS with 153 million (16%), Windows Phone with 33 million (3%) out of a total of 990 million. | ** Sales of smartphones by operating system in 2013: Android with 767 million (78%), iOS with 153 million (16%), Windows Phone with 33 million (3%) out of a total of 990 million. | ||
* A similar set of 2013 statistics, but focused on the top smartphone vendors is [http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24645514 here]. The top 3 are Samsung, Apple and Huawei, followed by LG and Lenovo. | |||
* Microsoft is investing in providing a unified experience between Bing apps on Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone, [http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/18/new-bing-apps-for-windows-phone-point-to-increasing-platform-unity-from-microsoft/ hinting] at potential convergence between the 2 platforms. | * Microsoft is investing in providing a unified experience between Bing apps on Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone, [http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/18/new-bing-apps-for-windows-phone-point-to-increasing-platform-unity-from-microsoft/ hinting] at potential convergence between the 2 platforms. | ||