The Q1 2014 shipment numbers for smartphone advanced operating systems: figures, keys actors and trends.

The market is still boosted by the high proliferation of mobile videos, messaging apps, cloud services and the social media platforms consumption. With about 300 million smartphones shipped in Q1 2014, switch from basic mobile phones to smartphones was interesting.
Connectikpeople.co can observe that, Android dominates the market and BlackBerry and Microsoft Windows Phone struggle to capture the third position. But progressively Microsoft Windows Phone (essentially Nokia/Microsoft) is billed as the only viable third ecosystem, and Firefox remains a potential low-cost
challenger.
According to ABI Research , Android once again dominated the Q1 2014 shipment numbers for smartphone advanced operating systems with 80% market share (including AOSP) of just under 300 million smartphones shipped in Q1 2014. Basic mobile phones lost 5% market share and Android picked up almost all of these users. Apple’s iOS achieved steady progress with 17% year-on-year growth.