Android Continues to Grow in China

BEIJING - The operating system ( OS ) Android continues to expand in China , with a gain of three percent market share each quarter . According to Kantar Worldpanel , this achievement can not be separated from the needs of consumers who are looking for Android devices at lower prices than local producers .

Reported by The Next Web , Thursday ( 30/11/2013 ) , Kantar examines trends in China's mobile phone in the quarter and then III/2013 Android control 59 percent of the market in the country , up from 55.5 percent of the quarter seelumnya . While the iOS market fell to 18 percent from 19.5 percent .

Android phone purchased price of the Chinese consumer greatly changed in recent years . Instead of buying a device with a price range of USD164 - USD328 , many people choose a price below USD164 . At the same time , there is also an increasing trend with the number of people buying the device at a price of USD328 - USD492 .

The report also revealed that Samsung as the number one smartphone vendor in China , followed by Apple , and the China smartphone vendor Xiaomi . Third brand controls 60 percent of total smartphone sales in China .

Xiaomi smartphone sales market share rose nearly doubled over the last year from 6.6 percent in the quarter to 12.7 percent III/2013 . " Xiaomi challenging second place , " said Kantar . At the same time , Apple fell from 24.7 percent to 13.8 percent .

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