Overlord reappears WP or beyond iOS will become the world's second largest platform

Computer Store News Recently, IDC analysts have once again predicted the prospects of the smartphone market operating system. Below we will look at the main competitiveness of the platforms in the smart phone field in the next five years. Distribution and development trends.

As can be seen from the figure, these data are very different from the IDC analysis of the recent smart phone market that we reported earlier. It can be said that the long-term dynamic market is expected to be long-term. Development is not easy.

Figure: Global smartphone operating system market share ranking & comprehensive annual growth rate ranking (2012 & 2016)

Last year, IDC estimated WP7 may be in 2015 It reached a market share of 20.9% in the year and surpassed Apple's iOS system (estimated at 15.3% of iOS at the time), ranking the second largest mobile platform in the world after Android. Today, one year later, this change is also very large. According to IDC's reassessment, the WP system or market share in 2016 only exceeds 2% of Apple's iOS.

IDC said that the current Android and iOS platforms that dominate the mobile space will not be able to keep up with the rapid growth of the market, which will eventually lead to a decline in market share. In recent years, the BlackBerry system, which has been subjected to “bullying”, will still maintain its current share (basic).

Of course, after all, iOS and Android are the main backbones of the rapid development of smart phones in recent years, so IDC’s forecast may be biased, but then again, the smartphone industry is changing rapidly, who can be precise Predicting the protagonist of the future, so this should also be stated at the beginning of this article, that is, it is not easy to predict a dynamic market with frequent changes. Perhaps more of this is not scientific data, but a speculation.

The following is the opinion of Ramon LIamas, senior analyst of IDC's mobile technology and development trend analysis team:

& ldquo; The basis for supporting the development of the smartphone market is the constantly changing mobile operating system (occupation rate) ). In our predictions, Android will still maintain its leading position. Apple's iOS platform will be supported by more operators. BlackBerry system and Windows Phone/Windows Mobile are currently undergoing a major transition period. For the future, how will these mainstream platforms define their market advantages and what new features will be used to shape a platform for consumer satisfaction in order to attract more users and encourage users to move to the platform, which we cannot answer today. of. ”