Market research firm Gartner released a report which appeared in 2014, the global electronics sales will increase to 2.5 billion units, of which 75% for smartphones, Android's market share is expected to be 42%, while the iOS platform to maintain the profitability leading smartphone market most of the profits will be Apple and Samsung two manufacturers in the bag.
Gartner believes that in 2014 global sales of electronic equipment in 2013 will be based on the growth of 6%, about 25 million units, of which 19 million units of smartphones. Android operating system in the mobile device market, accounting for roughly more than twice as Apple iOS, but Android's advantage only on market share only, product margins iOS remains the lead. Gartner estimates 2014 Apple device shipments in the global electronic equipment accounted for 14%, second only to Microsoft's 15 percent, Apple's iPhone, iPad and Macbook, and other products is still room to grow, and Microsoft in the mobile device invested a lot of resources, but the field has not been much of a breakthrough, Microsoft's market share mainly from the traditional PC and laptop.
In the smart phone market, Apple and Samsung accounted for the vast majority of industry profits. According to Canaccord Genuity's report shows that in 2013 the first quarter of Apple's share of global smart phone industry profits accounted for 57 percent, and the remaining 43% are fully vested South Korea's Samsung Electronics, Apple has not launched nearly a year new smart phones, and Samsung With the Galaxy S4 selling product profit pulling up. Two high R & D investment company, brand influence and strong product line, which determines the coming year, the pattern of the smart phone industry not happen too much change.
Microsoft Windows-based manufacturers of products, including PC and mobile phone shipments growth rate lags behind Android and Apple, Android and iOS devices in 2014 sales growth rate is expected to be 17%, while the Windows device is 10%.
