82.2% of all new smartphones sold are Android devices

If you’re still wondering why BlackBerry would need to even consider making an Android-powered phone, let this statistic blow your mind: 82.2% of all new smartphones sold are Android devices, and if you add in iOS as well, 96.8% of all smartphones run either Android or iOS. This latest data is contained in a quarterly sales report by Gartner and really puts into perspective what a futile battle the smartphone market is if you aren’t called Google or Apple. Windows and BlackBerry device sales are slowly but surely dwindling, though we do wonder if the Windows 10 factor will help Microsoft claw some ground back in the future.

While the short term news is good for Android, Gartner also suggests that the smartphone market is reaching its peak with the Chinese market reaching “saturation”. This has caused global growth to slow to 13.5%, the slowest since 2013 which means manufacturers are going to have to really sell their devices to consumers who are looking for replacements, rather than their first devices. And if these reports are anything to go by, it’s a pretty good chance that the replacement is going to be an Android device. Just sayin’.

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Source: Gartner via The Verge

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