iPhone 5 turned out to be more popular flagship smartphone iPhone 5s, and the most popular Apple tablet is iPad 2. This is the conclusion of analysts Localytics from the study, which lasted throughout August. Experts have studied the state of the mobile market as an example of the target group of the 100 million owners of iPhone and iPad.
In Localytics say that all over the world on one member of the iPhone 5 for 27% of active users Apple-smart phones, while the share of the flagship is 25%. In third place in popularity proved iPhone 4s, his record of 21%. With the release of iPhone 6 position "five" should falter, analysts suggest.
With regard to the demand for tablets from Apple, then the iPad 2 is still the most popular of all existing models. Currently all of the used iPad almost 29% of it is referred to the unit. The share of the first-generation iPad mini accounts for 20% of devices used, and iPad 4 prefer 15% of active users among the respondents Localytics. Win flagship tablet iPad Air - 12%.
At the time, iPad 2 just hit significantly improved performance with reduced size and weight, but only successors pleased Retina-display, and they have become thicker and heavier.Hardware as radical changes were not, except that the iPad 4 fully "mature enough" performance to ultra-high resolution. According to Localytics, namely specifications played in choosing consumer role. All the more so with every new release to improve became less dramatic.
In the coming months, the situation may change - iPad Air 2 gets thinner and lighter body, and technically it should very happy. Will fingerprint and anti-glare display. According to analysts of Cantor Fitzgerald, it will be one of the most serious upgrades Apple tablet since the announcement of the original iPad.