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ABI: Android will be on almost half of smartphones by 2016

31.03.2011
According to figures released today by ABI Research, will be on 45% of shipped in the year 2016, as it will take up most of the market share vacated by the soon-to-be-defunct Symbian operating system. Although Android will come to be the dominant player in the smartphone market, this doesn't mean that others will necessarily see a big cut in their own market shares.

In fact, ABI projects that 's iOS will see its market share rise from 16% in 2010 to 19% in 2016, while Research In Motion's BlackBerry OS is expected to fall slightly from 16% in 2010 to 14% in 2016. 's Phone 7 and Samsung's Bada will also be players in the 2016 smartphone market, as ABI projects those two operating systems to take 10% and 7%, respectively.

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ABI vice president Kevin Burden says that although RIM stands to lose a bit between now and 2016, the company will carve a comfortable niche for itself in the enterprise market, as enterprise users will still need the provided by RIM's network operations center.

"RIM's slight loss of share doesn't mean falling shipments," he says. "RIM has found its niche, but the consumer market will grow faster than its portion of it."

Research firm that Android had become the best-selling smartphone OS in the world, as Android smartphone shipments reached almost 33 million worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2010. According to Canalys' figures, this gave Android a 32.5% market share in the fourth quarter, just ahead of the 30.6% market share captured by runner-up Symbian.