Android (operating system) store, and by September 2013, one billion Android devices have been activated. , the Google Play store has over 2.7 million Android applications published, and , apps have been downloaded more than 65 billion times. The operating system's success has made it a target for patent litigation as part of the so-called "smartphone wars" between technology companies. Android devices account for more than half of smartphone sales in most markets, including the US, while "only in Japan was Apple on top" (September–November 2013 numbers). At the end of 2013, over 1.5 billion Android smartphones have been sold in the four
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