Android (operating system) wrote in "The New York Times" that "About one of every two computers sold today is running Android. [It] has become Earth's dominant computing platform." According to a Statistica's estimate, Android smartphones had an installed base of 1.8 billion units in 2015, which was 76% of the estimated total number of smartphones worldwide. Android has the largest installed base of any mobile operating system and, since 2013, the highest-selling operating system overall with sales in 2012, 2013 and 2014 close to the installed base of all PCs. In the second quarter of 2014, Android's share of the global smartphone shipment
Relative market share Relative market share Relative market share indexes a firm’s or a brand’s market share against that of its leading competitor. Market concentration, a related metric, measures the degree to which a comparatively small number of firms accounts for a large proportion of the market. These metrics are useful in comparing a firm’s or a brand’s relative position across different markets and in evaluating the type and degree of competition in those markets. The purpose of the “relative market share metric” is to access a firm’s or a brand’s success and its position in the market. A firm with a market