{"id":167235,"date":"2016-06-04T10:30:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T08:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=167235"},"modified":"2016-06-04T10:31:25","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T08:31:25","slug":"android-vs-ios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/167235-android-vs-ios.html","title":{"rendered":"Android vs iOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Meeker&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpcb.com\/internet-trends\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2016 Internet Trends report<\/strong><\/a> has been released, which shows that Google&#8217;s Android is far ahead of Apple&#8217;s iOS when it comes to smartphone shipments.<\/p>\n<p>As shown in the graphs below, iOS had a 14% share of smartphones shipped in 2009, compared to Android&#8217;s 4%.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to 2015, and iOS moved up to 16%, while Android reached 81% of global smartphone shipments.<\/p>\n<p>The report also showed that smartphone sales growth has been on a downward path since 2010.<\/p>\n<p>While it is estimated that Android will see a 7% year-on-year growth in 2016, iOS is set to face a 11% decline for the year.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Smartphone shipments by OS<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Global-smartphones.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-167237 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Global-smartphones.jpg\" alt=\"Global smartphones\" width=\"638\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Global-smartphones.jpg 638w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Global-smartphones-573x430.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Android vs iOS<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Android-smartphones.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-167239 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Android-smartphones.jpg\" alt=\"Android smartphones\" width=\"638\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Android-smartphones.jpg 638w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Android-smartphones-573x430.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on smartphones<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/166772-hidden-whatsapp-features-only-power-users-know-about.html\">Hidden WhatsApp features only power users know about<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/167166-beware-of-money-stealing-smartphone-apps-in-south-africa.html\">Beware of money-stealing smartphone apps in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Meeker&#8217;s 2016 Internet Trends report has been released, which shows that Google&#8217;s Android is far ahead of Apple&#8217;s iOS when it comes to smartphone 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