The data displays the number of smartphones sold to end users worldwide from 2007 to 2017. In 2017, around 1.54 billion smartphones were sold worldwide. In the fourth quarter of 2016, 81.7% of all smartphones sold to end users were phones with the Android operating system.
Smartphone end user sales - additional information
In 2016, the number of smartphones sold to consumers stood at around 1.5 billion units, a significant increase from the 680 million units sold in 2012. This means that over 28% of the world’s total population owned a smart device in 2016, a figure that is expected to increase to 37% by 2020.
