It's no secret that the Android ecosystem is experiencing a greater degree of fragmentation due to multiple versions of the operating system and the vast number of available devices on the market that are based on this platform. Company OpenSignal, known for its application to improve the quality of mobile reception and Wi-Fi-signal, provided a new report showing the extent of the fragmentation of Android. On the basis of data obtained from a native application, OpenSignal reports that now the market has 18,796 different Android-devices, which is 60% more than the 11,868 units last year. It is worth noting that even one year earlier, the figure was just 3,997 units.
The undisputed leader in the Android Market remains, Samsung with 43% market share (47.5% a year earlier). With a huge margin in second place now is the Sony 4.8% of the market.
Incredible fragmentation is now present among the different versions of the operating system Android. Today, many users continue to use the device with the version of the operating system Android 2.3-2.3.2. The following graph shows the fragmentation of versions of the operating system Android. White line desonstriruet speed the transition to new versions of the system, and, as you can see, this figure continues to decline only.
It is impossible not to compare these data with the main competitor in the face of Android iOS from Apple, which has 91% of the devices are working on the latest current version of iOS 7.
The full report OpenSignal published details of the fragmentation of Android.
