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86% -- operating system market share for Android OS (global smartphone market) (2020)
Android captures about 86% of the global smartphone operating system market according to IDC.
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86%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2020
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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IDC
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Tier C
https://lowrysolutions.com/blog/its-time-to-leave-legacy-android-management-strategies-behind-html/ ↗
Source Article
| Summary: The article explains why businesses using Android mobile devices should migrate from legacy Device Administrator management to Android Enterprise. Zebra and VMware developed a secure, remote migration solution that improves device security, management consistency, enrollment, application …
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IDC
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Android OS (global smartphone market): 86% operating system market share. Source: IDC (2020). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/android-smartphone-os-market-share-86pct
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/android-smartphone-os-market-share-86pct" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>86%</strong> -- operating system market share for Android OS (global smartphone market)<br><small>Source: IDC (2020) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/android-smartphone-os-market-share-86pct" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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